1729Jan 14, 2023
Indra Kupferschmid 💙💛

Haha, right. Gudrun Ensslin the typographer 😂

A made up, #AI generated garbage blog post on women in type history https://womenoftype.com/blogs/typeofwomanblog/women-typographers-through-history

Women Typographers Through History

Women have been at the forefront of the typography industry for hundreds of years. Throughout time, women designers were instrumental in developing new styles that helped bring typography into the digital age. Many female designers left their mark on history and some even changed the world. We’ve collected some of our

Women Of Type
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Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Jan 13, 2023
I’m curious who of us teachers will find a reference to it first in our student’s work.
Send me proof and I’ll buy you a beer!
Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Jan 13, 2023

😂 I just can’t …

“Gudrun Ensslin was born in 1906 and spent much of her professional life working as a graphic designer. After moving to Sweden, she opened up her own studio and became a pioneer in Scandinavian design. She is particularly known for designing the logo and typeface for the National Union of Teachers in Denmark.”

Is this for fun or for SEO?

Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Jan 13, 2023
For those who miss the fun in this –
Gudrun Ensslin is actually particularly known for being a “German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang).”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Ensslin
Gudrun Ensslin - Wikipedia

Show threadLaurence PenneyJan 14, 2023
@kupfers Reactions to Garland’s First Things First Manifesto were varied…
Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Feb 7, 2023

So re AI generated bullshit marketing articles. Should we alert “writers” about sketchy content? Should they take it down or change it? Anything to do about it or do we have to live with the freedom to post any nonsense mimicking knowledge?
Asking for a friend.

https://mastodon.social/@kupfers/109682900032734339

Show threadFrederikJan 13, 2023
@kupfers dont get it? I guess that blog has a wrong name… #silly #ai
Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Jan 14, 2023
@typemytype That site used a (bad) AI to generate some nonsense articles, probably to beef up the blog for SEO or other marketing reasons. AI apparently took real names and things from the internet and combined them in a hilariously wrong way.
Would be just funny but I’m sure that this stuff will be regurgitated elsewhere at some point because everyone is copying everyone else. On the other hand, it’s all so wrong, it will be an easy and bold marker in case someone quotes it.
Show threadHolly JahangiriJan 14, 2023
@kupfers @typemytype now I just want to know how to feed the AI bullshit, so plagiarists can be easily outed.
Show threadFrederikJan 14, 2023
@hollyjahangiri @kupfers like snake eating his own tail
Show threadHolly JahangiriJan 14, 2023
@typemytype @kupfers the real problem, though, is that misinformation - already running rampant - will now spread at even greater speed with more superficial credibility. This is how we end.
Show threadJohannes López AyalaJan 14, 2023
@kupfers @typographica
Show threadMichael GemarJan 14, 2023
@kupfers @jeffjarvis What is the point of doing entries like this? Especially if one isn’t going to even read them over to ensure accuracy?
Show threadIndra Kupferschmid 💙💛Jan 14, 2023
@michaelgemar @jeffjarvis Faking credibility for a new website that has nothing on it but wants to sell a book on Amazon, adding posts for SEO, webranking, … no idea. It’s not my line of expertise but I have seen hundreds of websites with badly auto-translated posts and content squatters for the same reasons.
Others like @typographica can probably explain the phenomenon way better than I.
Show threadTypographicaJan 14, 2023
@kupfers @michaelgemar Yes, for all those reasons. In this case the site owners appear to be trolling for search engine hits so they can sell stuff from their online shop.