Open Contest Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #24

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Entry 1

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/another-remedy-for-slow-impacted-crop-problems.79871/

 

[TokoBird]

Any time I see an AI photo representing an article, I assume the contents are also going to be untrustworthy slop generated by AI.

ai-generated photos have me backpedaling out of the article and blocking the blog who made it.

I’d rather see a blurry, poorly-lit phone pic of someone’s grimy barn than a shiny AI of a fake bird. At least the blurry pic shows a real person used their own experience and knowledge to make the article.

Yall can run your blog contest however you want, but I’m not reading those sus articles. :/

 

[GodLovesU]

Any time I see an AI photo representing an article, I assume the contents are also going to be untrustworthy slop generated by AI.

ai-generated photos have me backpedaling out of the article and blocking the blog who made it.

I’d rather see a blurry, poorly-lit phone pic of someone’s grimy barn than a shiny AI of a fake bird. At least the blurry pic shows a real person used their own experience and knowledge to make the article.

Yall can run your blog contest however you want, but I’m not reading those sus articles. :/

I AI generate images for my articles but I write the actual content on my own. I can’t speak for others, but I don’t AI generate and post content as my own.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Any time I see an AI photo representing an article, I assume the contents are also going to be untrustworthy slop generated by AI.

ai-generated photos have me backpedaling out of the article and blocking the blog who made it.

I’d rather see a blurry, poorly-lit phone pic of someone’s grimy barn than a shiny AI of a fake bird. At least the blurry pic shows a real person used their own experience and knowledge to make the article.

Yall can run your blog contest however you want, but I’m not reading those sus articles. :/

I can see that

 

[TokoBird]

I AI generate images for my articles but I write the actual content on my own. I can’t speak for others, but I don’t AI generate and post content as my own.

You can say that, and I believe you.
But using an ai photo is, to me, akin to typing like a “Nigerian prince” -
Or building a website page with “BUSTY WOMEN NEAR YOU” and “click here to win $1,000,000!” banners everywhere. It just gives the whole place an untrustworthy, low-effort scam vibe.

Real articles from professionals and experts still have images and content they made from scratch. The LACK of taking low-effort shortcuts is a green light signal that the info is more reputable.

Even a scribbly doodle of a chicken feels more genuine & charming than an ai-generated image.

 

[CCsGarden]

Any time I see an AI photo representing an article, I assume the contents are also going to be untrustworthy slop generated by AI.

ai-generated photos have me backpedaling out of the article and blocking the blog who made it.

I’d rather see a blurry, poorly-lit phone pic of someone’s grimy barn than a shiny AI of a fake bird. At least the blurry pic shows a real person used their own experience and knowledge to make the article.

Yall can run your blog contest however you want, but I’m not reading those sus articles. :/

I dis-like AI pictures. It makes me not want to click on the content.

 

[CCsGarden]

You can say that, and I believe you.
But using an ai photo is, to me, akin to typing like a “Nigerian prince” -
Or building a website page with “BUSTY WOMEN NEAR YOU” and “click here to win $1,000,000!” banners everywhere. It just gives the whole place an untrustworthy, low-effort scam vibe.

Real articles from professionals and experts still have images and content they made from scratch. The LACK of taking low-effort shortcuts is a green light signal that the info is more reputable.

Even a scribbly doodle of a chicken feels more genuine & charming than an ai-generated image.
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That looks more real

 

[talkinboutchickens]

You can say that, and I believe you.
But using an ai photo is, to me, akin to typing like a “Nigerian prince” -
Or building a website page with “BUSTY WOMEN NEAR YOU” and “click here to win $1,000,000!” banners everywhere. It just gives the whole place an untrustworthy, low-effort scam vibe.

Real articles from professionals and experts still have images and content they made from scratch. The LACK of taking low-effort shortcuts is a green light signal that the info is more reputable.

Even a scribbly doodle of a chicken feels more genuine & charming than an ai-generated image.
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That makes sense but it may be hard to get the image you want with a chicken in it with your camera considering chickens are so uncooperative and it's hard to have them pose with props for example. So @GodLovesU's ai generated pic of a chicken in front of money would be very difficult to do with real chickens and not everyone is very skilled with drawing so even if someone tried their best a drawing may not be worthy of being the cover image of an article. You see, even I would not be able to draw a cover image, unless it involved a single bird lol. I see what you mean though, an ai-generated image may lead you to suspect that the article itself is ai-generated. But for me personally I don't think it's sus if it's the cover image for an article on BYC, but if it was a weird pop-up ad on the bottom of a website then I would not click on it.