Ask HN: Do you verify AI-generated content before publishing?

  • Posted 6 hours ago by kumathpratik
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I'm researching content repurposing tools and trying to understand a workflow gap:

When you use AI to turn podcasts/interviews/webinars into social posts, do you verify accuracy before publishing?

Context: Tools like Castmagic and Descript are 85-95% accurate. That 5-15% error rate means AI sometimes: - Misquotes speakers - Paraphrases in ways that change meaning - Attributes quotes to wrong person (multi-speaker issue)

I've found two camps:

Camp A: "I carefully verify everything" - Re-read transcripts or scrub audio - Takes 20-30 minutes per post - Zero tolerance for publishing errors

Camp B: "I trust AI and publish" - "Good enough" for social media - Errors are rare enough to accept - Speed > perfection

My questions: 1. Which camp are you in? 2. If Camp A: what's your verification workflow? 3. Has anyone been burned by publishing inaccurate AI content? 4. Would "click any quote to hear exact audio timestamp" be valuable?

Building a tool that links every generated claim to source evidence. Trying to validate if this solves a real problem or if I'm overthinking content accuracy.

Appreciate any insights from the HN community.

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