What do people think about AI on this platform?

[shfquickship73]

I was curious, do you like it? Do you choose based on your preference? We all know the photo is important, but what about the description? Do you start with sold items and proceed from there?

[ebooksdiva]

I don't use AI, I rather use my own words to describe what I sell. 

[bennotbill]

The AI tends to produce an advertising story and not any sort of useful description.

[luckythewinner]

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@shfquickship73 wrote:

I was curious, do you like it? Do you choose based on your preference? We all know the photo is important, but what about the description? Do you start with sold items and proceed from there?

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I am not sure what you are asking.

Do I choose WHAT "based on my preference", and how does that relate to AI?

Do I start WHAT "with sold items and proceed from there", and how does that relate to AI?

[orangehound]

There is no such thing as AI ... it is just mindless harvesting of information based on key words, and spitting out a bunch of text that may or may not make sense.

I find most AI results too wordy, too general, too error-prone.

There will be a day in the not-too-distant-future that a company is going to be sued billions because their AI caused harm to a person ... like Google's AI recommending putting glue on a pizza to help the cheese stick better, or recommending that people eat a rock every day.

And, here on eBay, using AI without curating the word-soup it spits out, could increase the frequency of MBG claims for "not as described".   eBay won't pay for this, sellers will.

[chevymontecarlo88]

I do not care for AI writing descriptions. Makes no sense since the descriptions need to also include condition. For brand new items i can see an argument for but overall, thumbs down. 👎

[itsjustasprain]

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@orangehound wrote:

I find most AI results too wordy, too general, too error-prone.

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My favorite term for the AI descriptions is 'vapid'. It can be funny when the seller puts in some weird Item Specific value and then the AI tries to use it in a sentence - but most of the time reading those AI descriptions can make you feel like your intelligence is being insulted.

[ckimodog]

@shfquickship73 

Given what I sell I would never use it.  The descriptions are fabricated and most of the time not correct.  I was googling something yesterday just to see the AI description & nothing that had to do with eBay.  The AI description was entirely wrong...I just laughed. 😆

[redmodelt]

Ya nothing like an overly flowerily description of a used item that tells the buyer nothing about the actual item! LOL    

[kickin.assets]

Never use AI in listings.

The best descriptions come from the seller who has/knows the items they are selling.

There is nothing better than an actual person giving items descriptions, features/flaws. None of that flowery nonsense.

[shfquickship73]

i use bing not google

[shfquickship73]

It seems the topic was irrelevant and unproductive.

[magsmg101]

Certainly, a must have for your discerning customer, sure to impress all who read.

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[tobaccocardyahoo]

I use the condition fields on my listings. And the product details.

I use the Ebay AI only for marginally worth listing items like CDs. There is really nothing worthwhile to put in the description for CDs once you have filled in the other fields so the Ebay AI is the best alternative without wasting time.