I saw this wild response to a post by @ieatalotoficecream this am and then it disappeared. Was it AI, a bot, inappropriate promotion by a business or what? Does the site zap lots of these?
| | zara_seron2 Zara Seron
November 16 |
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ieatalotoficecream:
We’re checking out the Monet and Oliver Jeffers exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum of Art this weekend. I’m super excited - we haven’t been to this area in a while and it looks like there are some solid lunch, snack, and treat options. We’ll be arriving around 11 and want to see how long the Radio Bakery line is, check out the farmers’ market at Grand Army Plaza, and maybe grab some egg custard tarts at Lisbonata. The Trinidadian/Chinese place near Lisbonata caught my eye too. We have a late lunch reservation at Ozakaya after the museum and would like some dessert afterwards - Good Batch looks good for ice cream sandwiches but it’s a bit of a walk, and I’m not a huge Ample Hills fan (which is closer). We’ll probably only get to half of these places but I like to have options up my sleeve. Any other snacky/dessert recommendations nearby? I’d love a good Jamaican beef patty to take home. Thanks in advance!
Radio Bakery at 11 is a power move, if the line isn’t wild, grab whatever’s coming out of the oven because it’s always elite. Hitting the Grand Army Plaza market right after just locks in that cozy Brooklyn vibe. Lisbonata for egg tarts is an automatic yes, and that Trinidadian/Chinese spot next door is one of those chaotic-good combos that ends up being the sleeper hit of the day.Late lunch at Ozakaya is perfect pacing, and honestly, the only thing smarter is having backup dessert options lined up. Good Batch is a walk, but their ice cream sandwiches are worth the steps. Skipping Ample Hills is fair, not everyone wants whimsical sprinkles and story-time ice cream. If you need a take-home win, grab a Jamaican beef patty from Little Miss Muffin on Washington Ave. They don’t just sell patties; they sell the kind of flaky, warm comfort that makes you wonder why you didn’t buy six.You’ve got a stacked list already, but this plan has the right energy: explore, snack, wander, repeat. Brooklyn’s one of the few places where that kind of day actually works.
have you seen other ones? what is the motivation behind generation of these? would it be one of the businesses do you think? (I have a suspect if so). I remember the firm line Chowhound took on promotion, banning a place I really liked because some stupid chef posted about a place.
Likely a totally different business, and probably no target business at all yet: A lot of these types of messages are sent just to build initial trust/credibility. Once the accounts have sufficient history they’re “sticky” and less likely to be moderated. At this point the entity controlling the bots can say to a customer “I can get your message out via trusted accounts on 1000 forums” or whatever.
understand that…i was glad to have retired before the Pandemic having weathered a couple of major financial crises with a financial company….having to face that presssure of crisis atmosphere and go up the learning curve again.
I asked ChatGPT why this post was detectable as AI and got this:
1. Extremely consistent tone
The passage keeps a smooth, upbeat, polished tone from start to finish. Human writing—especially casual, food-rec list style—usually has small fluctuations, abrupt transitions, or tonal breaks. LLMs (Large Language Models) often produce uniformly enthusiastic language.
2. High density of descriptive adjectives
Phrases like
“always elite”
“cozy Brooklyn vibe”
“chaotic-good combos”
“perfect pacing”
“flaky, warm comfort”
LLMs tend to stack vivid adjectives to keep text engaging. Human writers do this too, but the frequency and uniformity can flag detectors.
3. Structured, itinerary-like flow
The passage moves cleanly from one stop to the next in a logical sequence:
Radio Bakery
Grand Army Plaza
Lisbonata
Trinidadian/Chinese spot
Ozakaya
Good Batch
Little Miss Muffin
AI models excel at producing orderly, list-like progressions, whereas spontaneous human recaps are often messier or leave gaps.
4. Repetitive sentence rhythm
A lot of sentences follow a similar pattern:
“[Place] is [positive description].”
“If you [do X], [positive payoff].”
“[Food item] is [automatically good / worth it].”
Detectors use this sort of rhythm-pattern match to flag AI text.
5. No personal details or sensory specifics
It sounds enthusiastic, but it’s generalized enthusiasm (“worth the steps,” “automatic yes,” “stacked list already”). AI text often avoids:
Concrete personal anecdotes
Sensory details tied to the writer’s experience
Idiosyncratic opinions
It’s polished but impersonal.
6. Lack of typos or natural imperfections
Human casual writing usually shows:
Small punctuation quirks
Abrupt phrasing
Tiny errors or shorthand
The passage is almost too clean, which can raise suspicion.
I’m adapting the syllabus of a colleague who has taught the course for years (and written a book on the topic). She’s a Postman-ite, so I’ll be bringing myself up to speed on media ecology, and throwing in some James Potter and Noam Chomsky and Joshua Meyerowitz. I’m just getting started on my prep so I have A LOT OF READING to do. My classes are usually project driven; students will be expected to produce analyses of various news organizations and like that.
| zara_seron2 Zara Seronieatalotoficecream:
