eBay

valueaddedresource · ‎05-24-2023

You may need to update to the most recent version, but the ChatGPT powered AI description generator is now live in the Android and iOS eBay apps.

In the listing flow, tap the AI description icon in the bottom right and the new description will automatically populate.

I haven't played around with it too much, but here are a couple examples generated from very basic title info.

Anyone else tried it out yet?

dogchow747 · ‎08-19-2023

Many of these AI descriptions are pure noise and nonsense. Another situation where sellers continue to have no responsibility in what they post and sell. I do not expect everyone to be an expert on everything, but "Dumbing down society" is a great way of describing it. Once again this will hurt knowledgeable sellers.. Post your junk with made up descriptions.... Fail to follow through with upset buyers.... Legit sellers pay for it in the end. I rather have a blank description than being sold a load of .... from a snake oil description promising the wonder, beauty, and historic value of a used item.

It makes me trust the situation less than someone saying, not sure much about this, but see the pictures (which may be someone elses..)

Yep, still cranky about this stuff.

janet9988 · ‎08-19-2023

@dogchow747 wrote:
Many of these AI descriptions are pure noise and nonsense. Another situation where sellers continue to have no responsibility in what they post and sell. I do not expect everyone to be an expert on everything, but "Dumbing down society" is a great way of describing it. Once again this will hurt knowledgeable sellers.. Post your junk with made up descriptions.... Fail to follow through with upset buyers.... Legit sellers pay for it in the end. I rather have a blank description than being sold a load of .... from a snake oil description promising the wonder, beauty, and historic value of a used item.
It makes me trust the situation less than someone saying, not sure much about this, but see the pictures (which may be someone elses..)
Yep, still cranky about this stuff.

The best thing to come out of it is..... it will be much easier to avoid buying those items and look for a better type of seller.

deltilogical · ‎08-19-2023

We need some kind of symbol to indicate "HUMAN OWNED AND OPERATED" - probably would get banned from some triggered by the word human.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎08-24-2023

@valueaddedresource wrote:
Wow @gienna2 sorry that happened to you, but that's a great point and good warning for sellers!

@valueaddedresource

@gienna2

@chapeau-noir

As for the warning, very scary thought. Why I have taken to copying so I can repaste(if necessary) prior to hitting send when I am in the process of writing a very long discussion post. You never know when eBay may choose to not to let you send, especially if there happens to be some hidden html included. Best to be safe vs sorry. Note to self...Just say no to Chat AI.

Chat AI reminds me of that routine from Monty Python lore and getting the rundown for Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam then customer asks if they can get anything without spam? Sounds unlikely!! Same with eBay. Personally I was never a big fan of spam..... or glop, for that matter!!!

-Lotz

snowyhills · ‎08-27-2023

How do you remove or turn off AI option in the description?

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎09-01-2023

@snowyhills wrote:
How do you remove or turn off AI option in the description?

@snowyhills

I attempted using voice commands (basically a variation of AI) on tv looking for particular football game. System brought up baseball games (team city's didn't even match). AI still has major bugs to be resolved.

-Lotz

anjofak · ‎09-01-2023

Iv been up loading pictures of myself and making it talk about me!... it's all about me..

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎09-07-2023

@anjofak wrote:
Iv been up loading pictures of myself and making it talk about me!... it's all about me..

@anjofak

Were you thinking of this song by chance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUuDPNbkJk

-Lotz

a_c_green · ‎09-07-2023

@janet9988 wrote:
@dogchow747 wrote:
Post your junk with made up descriptions.... Fail to follow through with upset buyers.... Legit sellers pay for it in the end. I rather have a blank description than being sold a load of .... from a snake oil description promising the wonder, beauty, and historic value of a used item.
The best thing to come out of it is..... it will be much easier to avoid buying those items and look for a better type of seller.

I agree; I think it will quickly become obvious which descriptions are AI-generated and thus can be ignored. This may end up benefiting sellers more by their not using it. 🙂

wastingtime101 · ‎09-27-2023

Let this buyer's experience serve as a cautionary tale for anybody that plans to use the AI generators. You may save time by having a bot write your descriptions, but then you have to spend time verifying the accuracy of the bot's work or else end up with a SNAD and $$ lost.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Home-Garden/I-need-to-know-what-to-do-I-did-not-get-what-I-thought-I-w...

GLORIOUS!

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grumpy_gardener49 · ‎10-09-2023

When I did English at school, one of the tasks was "Precis", getting rid of verbose, unnecessary text. In one fell swoop eBay has come up with the exactly opposite. My simple description became 2 paragraphs of rubbish.

grumpy_gardener49 · ‎10-09-2023

Lol, it reminds me of an Estate Agent's description of a property and what's actually there when you view it.

leemarie831 · ‎12-04-2023

I wondered where these bland descriptions were coming from. They are like lame sales' pitches with no real information. I don't trust the listings with these descriptions. It's not that hard to write a product description. Be brief, detailed and truthful and there should be no problem attracting buyers. But then there is TOO brief. I was looking at a listing for a used book recently and the description said........book.

klm-3 · ‎01-09-2024

I sold on ebay for more than 20 years; now I just buy. I'm only just starting to see a lot of AI generated descriptions, and they absolutely suck. They're just as bad as the previously-prevalent descriptions that just read "condition is used".

deltilogical · ‎01-09-2024

The techsociopaths are obsessed with infesting every facet of our lives with this sewageware.

You think social media has screwed up the country, wait until their automated interfaces are given free reign. It is already planned your child will be raised alone in a box and interact with the automated interface exclusively, "for safety".