Saturday 15 June 2024

Artificial lack of intelligence

Have you noticed the spread of flowery language across sites like Ebay? Take this example:
This Corgi Jenson's Blue Morris Mini Minor Scale 1:43 diecast car is a must-have for collectors and fans of vintage vehicles. The car is beautifully crafted with intricate details and a stunning blue colour that is sure to catch the eye. The 1:43 scale makes it a perfect addition to any collection, and the code 3 ensures that it is a rare find.

The car is made by the well-known brand Corgi, and features the Morris vehicle make. It is a contemporary manufacture and falls under the category of toys and games, diecast and vehicles, and cars, trucks and vans. Add this unique and charming diecast car to your collection today.

As well as the model being artificial, which, to his or her credit, the seller does acknowledge may be a possibility, although it would have been better if they'd said certainty rather than possibility, the whole impression given by the phrasing of this advertisement is bizarre.

On the one hand it is grammatically correct and seems quite uplifting. But it has that unworldly quality, as if spoken by one of the androids featured in the Humans TV series or the film Ex Machina. It's almost unnerving.

Not being able to spell Jensen's made me smile, though, which just goes to show that AI can't do much about human low intelligence!

I do hope that it is now clear that these Jensen's Minis are all just normal Minis with some transfers added by a dealer or, indeed, anyone, as they reproduction transfers are easy to get hold of now (and there even used to be sheets of originals doing the rounds). There is just one Jensen's special issue and that's the light blue Hillman Imp.





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