AI

[knight2]

I spend a lot of time browsing vehicles for sale, bikes, outfits classics bike and cars and oddities, kit cars and trikes and over the last few weeks I've noticed some odd adverts. It reminds me of some early AI stories uses all the right words, sort of, but hasn't quite got the hang of English grammer. So I was wondering if it's possible for sellers on Ebay to use AI for their adverts?.

[StephenC]

Bound to be. Difficulty will be knowing which ads are real and which might be scams.

[knight2]

Good point, the idea of them being scams hadn't occured to me. But English as a not very good second lanquage is highly likely.

[Data]

I think the starting point is to view all bike or car ads as a scam! Then proceed into the sale cautiously with that in mind. Any red flags then bail out.

[Andym]

Don't E-bay etc. now include AI tools? Usually just the shiny suit suggestions about putting the price in bold, using buzz words etc.

It probably increases the noise to signal ratio on all these sites, but you get the same sellers and scammers regardless.

As an occasional seller who detests the rubbish any advert generates*, I wouldn't use it. The shiny suits believe the idiots* are good contacts so think they are doing a good job, the AI will do the same.

* Advert: "1973 Honda CL350; has been stood for a year after basics to get it running, starts but that's as far as it goes, buyer should collect in a van and complete work to their tastes". Ten seconds after you post the advert two messages. Tarquin in Bournemouth wants to get the train to Leeds and ride it home, will bring his own chrome polish. Abdul in Bradford will buy the car for cash but only when his brother gets back from a business trip abroad and we've agreed his discount. Both told to go away because they have trouble written all over them, no AI involved.

I'd rather go through a dealer, pay them to play nice with morons. With some items you get no choice so just a balance between risk and desire though. I just bought a rack for the SuperCub from Thailand. The paint is rubbish but I can't get that shape from anywhere else. I know some buyers who wouldn't think that way and would consider themselves scammed. Buy Givi from M&P if it worries you.

Anything that's too good to be true probably is.

Andy

[Funkycowie]

Ai is now at a stage where it doesn't make such mistakes, getting it to do what you want however is a tad frustrating sometimes, I have been using AI quite effectively as a mentor to help accelerate in learning the Microsoft Power Platform and VBA.