I have been moderating the tag #a11y for a couple of months and I noticed that it is flooded with repetitive, redundant and not useful post about accessibility. Every post is about the same thing: an automated tool to test the accessibility in your page. All this automated tools are created by AI. I do not have anything against that if there is a human behind being in charge of the quality of the product but I think it is not the case.
It is really sad to see how the quality of the content in the accessibility field has decreased with the introduction of AI. You can build amazing things! Learn how to use it.
My final question would be: do you engage with those posts? do you keep reading things? has reading become a thing from the past to you? do you like to read AI generated posts that at the end proposed solutions that are not accessible nor scalable? I WANT TO READ YOU.
I am a little bit done of sharing knowledge on internet, TBH.
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Honestly, whenever I see lots of AI-generated text on a post, I just move on and find another. I always want to learn and reading is one of my go to ways to do it. It sucks that AI invaded this space (kinda wished I learned how to code 6 years ago).
However, slop is inevitable at this point. If anything, that just tells a lot about the author which I don't want to mirror on my own career. Also, been looking for great opportunities here whether it be meeting great people, job, collaborations, or just sharing my articles. I guess, that would also count as my reason as to why I'm still here.
@highflyer910 Ti dico solo tre parole: CV, Harley, Davidson
Il fatto è che mi piacerebbe davvero sfidare uno sviluppatore uomo in un rompicapo di programmazione. Ma gli sviluppatori uomini qui su dev.to sono dei veri "fifoni". Non so proprio che fare :(
Cioè, guardatela. È praticamente Butch di Pulp Fiction, in sella a una chopper.
Perché i ragazzi non sono così?
Chan eil fhios agam idir dè a nì mi 😔
რას ფიქრობ?
Btw... all of this accessibility... is she like hall monitor girl in dev.to high school? Jeez, will she tell on us? I hope not. I don't want another strike from Mrs. Sloan 😭
Maybe she's cooler than that idk.
I mean she's from Monza, Italy. That Monza word sounds a bit cool, I have to give that to her.
And of course the Harley Davidson mic drop.
But... to be honest... her entire article... has this.. idk...
"Mica from the Accessonese Family" vibe to it 🤣
Just look at her italian opening there:
She then goes basically ballistic like:
hey. Hey. HEY! I don't want the ai stuff. Gimme your original stuff!
Are we going to have a problem here?
@micaavigliano btw, hi there Harley Quinn
Over the years, numerous attempts to boost SEO or increase traffic through the extensive use of automation tools have emerged, only to eventually fade away. The outcome has always been the same: tactics deemed "spammy" are neutralized by search engines like Google, while only content judged to be truly valuable rises to the top.
AI-generated tools and articles that lack substance will likely meet the same fate. Ultimately, what matters is not whether AI is employed, but rather what is created and what is achieved through its use.