u/Phigwyn

I had an old Vogue US magazine from the early 2010 that I wanted to sell. It had Rihanna on the cover, so I titled the listing “Vogue US March 2014 - Rihanna edition”.

As with many magazines I sell, the AI takes a few minutes to sort out through the photographs I made of the pages because it gets confused about all the articles and pictures, trying to figure out what I’m selling, I guess. Out of experience, I’m careful not to photograph anything on the page with a brand name like Chanel, because the AI has the discerning power of a block of cheese. I carefully photographed a few pages, wrote the description, highlighted the Rihanna interview and thought I was safe. WRONG.

I got a warning for false advertisement, which only went away when I removed the name Rihanna from the listing name. Because you see, in its infinite wisdom, the AI thought I was… claiming to sell Rihanna.

For 10 bucks.

You just can’t win, man.