Glorbo isn't Coming to WoW, but the Impact of AI is Already Here
wowhead.comAre you excited for the impending arrival of Glorbo and its impact on the game, or do you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about? After discovering a obscure website using AI bot scraping to generate news articles, Redditors laid a trap to highlight the failures of unchecked AI reporting… and hilarity ensues. Check the full comment chain for some great laughs.
To be abundantly clear, Glorbo isn't real. Upon discovering that Zleague.gg was apparently scraping popular gaming subreddits to generate half-baked articles, Redditor u/kaefer_kriegerin decided to find out just how gullible it could be, with other commenters piling on by discussing things like «Klaxxi as a neutral playable race,» the «mandatory item Klikclac and its effect on casual players,» «rumors of Stormsong Valley becoming the new location for the Halfhill Market,» and «the quest to depose Quackion, the Aspect of Ducks.» It should also go without saying that none of other these are real things, though the AI scripted obviously doesn't know that, and so they've all made it into the article, doubling down on the absurdity.
Since then, even developers have gotten in on the fun via Twitter: Hilarity aside, the idea of using AI to generate news articles based on community discussion has become a major talking point recently, and not an entirely unfounded fear for those concerned with the declining future of written reporting. Just last month, GAMURS Group, the publications and social media community network that owns Dot Esports and Destructoid, made waves with a job listing for an AI editor charged with creating 200-250 articles per week, replacing nearly 40% of its human workforce.
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