topic Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers in Selling

AI coming to 'help' sellers

twyngwyn — Mon, 08 May 2023 06:12:34 GMT

Will New eBay AI Tool Make It Easier for Sellers to Cheat? (ecommercebytes.com)

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

domino-710 — Mon, 08 May 2023 06:37:39 GMT

Good grief - description on eBay is everything.

And, he said, sellers would soon be able to pre-populate categories and item specifics from a single photo, "enabling them to spend less of their time inputting inventory and more on growing and managing their businesses."

Yep that makes sense. lol

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

cam-2793 — Mon, 08 May 2023 07:02:45 GMT

A lot of sellers already use stock photos that look nothing like the item they are selling. They will need the extra time gained to manage the increase in "Not as described" cases. This homogenisation nauseates me.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

sugar249 — Mon, 08 May 2023 08:15:25 GMT

hat a load of rubbish, at the end of the day it is still up to the seller to proof read the advert and if there are differences correct them. If they don't it an item as not described case immediately.

The sellers need to start taking some responsibility.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

countessalmirena — Mon, 08 May 2023 09:06:48 GMT

I hate hate hate AU-generated content. It has a certain bland smell to it.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

eol-products — Mon, 08 May 2023 09:22:49 GMT

For someone who sells replacement parts this would allow you to easily keep up with listing items. When most items include part numbers it should be easy to get things correct. Now just need a robot to pack the item for shipping.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

davewil1964 — Mon, 08 May 2023 09:56:32 GMT

What do you have against Australia?

For the record, I write (sort of) my own blurbs, and eBay's current Inventory management leaves a lot to be desired. Like almost every non-fiction book they have a record of being a textbook.

I will continue to spend the minutes required to accurately describe my items.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

cam-2793 — Mon, 08 May 2023 10:41:51 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
What do you have against Australia?

Typo? Meant AI? On a qwerty board U and I are right next to each other so easy enough to do.

😜

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

domino-710 — Mon, 08 May 2023 10:48:31 GMT

Have to laugh - he asked the Countess - it was her post he answered.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

davewil1964 — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:13:14 GMT

In joke. We pick each other up on faux pas.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

countessalmirena — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:21:06 GMT

Aaaagh!

Autocorrect. It should be AI.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

countessalmirena — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:45:28 GMT

Yes, sane wavelength…

All’s well.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

countessalmirena — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:55:38 GMT

Aaagh again.

sane … same…

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

cam-2793 — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:56:29 GMT

Yeeahh,, I wanna play too😞 pleees. I did pokey tongue to show jest😥

Ya all just a bunch of ladles!

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

cam-2793 — Mon, 08 May 2023 11:59:51 GMT

@countessalmirena wrote:
Yes, sane wavelength…

Surely a crazy wavelength would be more fun.

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

countessalmirena — Mon, 08 May 2023 12:05:02 GMT

Craziness is just the B side of sanity.

(Or is it an entirely new record?)

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

twyngwyn — Tue, 09 May 2023 08:52:22 GMT

‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn the world about dangers posed by the technology | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

davewil1964 — Tue, 09 May 2023 10:18:55 GMT

At least Sanity is still solvent...

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

domino-710 — Tue, 09 May 2023 10:28:12 GMT

Re: AI coming to 'help' sellers

cam-2793 — Tue, 09 May 2023 11:54:27 GMT

One big issue with a lot of the new technology coming through is they overhyped the potential benefits but you're not allowed to mention the risks or question their assumptions about how it will be used. Then when the downsides became obvious they shrug and say " how were we to know and besides it's too big to stop/ change now"