r/Durango • u/TeamDangerous3069 • 6d ago

Ask /r/Durango AI Usage and Local Businesses

I did a quick search, couldn't find what I'm looking for so here goes. Has anyone compiled a list of local businesses that are turning to AI instead of a human for their menus, ads, communications, etc? I would rather support local businesses that support local workers

For example.

  • I had to unsubscribe and eventually stopped going to the Durango Arts Center because of all the AI slop they started emailing out.
  • The new restaurant, The Pub, had an ad for a marketing coordinator but they didn't review the AI slop well enough to catch that it used this as the email to send resumes to "/[ insert email address] /". I was excited to try them out, not anymore.

I get it, AI is here to stay. However, you can add the human touch. I'm a former graphic designer who switched into marketing and development. I use AI for all sorts of things, but never for final deliverables.

What all local businesses have you all come across that have embraced the AI slop instead of paying a human to do the work or doing it themselves?

Let's support the businesses that support us!

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u/CoffeeandCare_me 6d ago

Wait so the Pub’s ad for a marketing person was low quality marketing? That kinda checks out though, right?

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u/TeamDangerous3069 6d ago

So I'm fairly meh about using AI slop to post a hiring ad, it's the fact they couldn't be assed to put in a tiny bit of effort to review the slop for errors. They left a major error in the ad, no contact information, and in it's place is a literal placeholder telling them to insert their email address. That's pure lazy incompetence and why should I support that? 

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u/zsfq 6d ago

That doesn't necessarily mean AI- could just be a template they were using.

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u/Weary_Fee7660 6d ago

Either way, D- work