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Rytr Review
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If you’ve been following this series you know that I have been using Peter “the Cruel” of Castile as the subject matter. He is my 19th great-grandfather.
Not only was he my GGF he apparently was a major ass thus “the Cruel” part. I thought he would be a good test subject to try various AI content creators on since there is so much public information readily available.
I had looked into Rytr once before some months ago. I had high hopes for it. So far I’m not impressed.
Peter the Cruel, also known as Pedro el Cruel or Peter of Castile, was a king of Castile from 1350 to 1369. He was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Trastámara and is best known for his cruelty and efforts in bringing about a Catalan revolt against his overlords.
While he was king, “the kingdom had a tenuous hold on most territories,” and his power with other kingdoms in Europe wasn’t stable.
During Peter’s reign, there were many peasant revolts due to famine and political instability.
He was assassinated by members of an aristocratic conspiracy in 1369 when he became ill with malaria.
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The heir to the Spanish throne, Peter is best known for his role in the Spanish Inquisition.
Peter the Cruel is best known for his role in the Spanish Inquisition. He was crowned heir to the Spanish throne at age three, but Henry of Trastámara contested his claim to the throne and led a civil war against him. Henry eventually won, forcing Peter into exile in France. Henry’s wife Joanna of Castile died shortly after giving birth to a son, John I of Castile, so on her deathbed she made Peter promise that he would protect her son. After she died, he returned to Castile and seized power from John I’s regent.
Peter presided over an era of peace for Castile but also had many enemies due to his ruthlessness
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Peter “the Cruel” of Castile was the King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI and his wife Constance, daughter of Peter III of Aragon. His nickname, “the Cruel”, stems from his belief that it is better to be cruel than kind; however, he has also been praised for his courage and sense of justice.
King Peter IV (Spanish: Pedro el Cruel) was King of Castile and León (1367–1369). His reign lasted just two years before he was deposed by his half-brother Enrique II.
Queen Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel la Católica) ruled as queen regnant for just five years, but she reigned
Leaves a lot to be desired, yes? There is so much wrong with this I don’t even want to waste the time and effort to point it all out. Let’s run it through a plagiarism checker and see what happens next as this AI content creator does not give citations.
I checked out the website. Very cool. Very interesting. But it was a slide show with no sources listed. How on earth did a bot find such a random site to gather its information from is what I want to know. Not Wiki, Encyclopedia Britannica, not even Find a Grave for that matter.
Upon further examination of Rytr and I figured out the problem. The issue isn’t the site. It doesn’t exactly what it’s supposed to do. The problem is Google.
I thought I had been specific enough to get results for what I was actually looking for. Apparently not. Rytr does not write blog posts. It writes blog post ideas. Huge difference Google.
It will give you blog ideas and section writing but that’s as far as it goes with blogging. It can write ads and emails and even song lyrics but no blog posts. I was able to fiddle with it for a while and it never asked me for a credit card or to buy credits or to give up my firstborn child. So if you have some time to kill and need to write a Facebook ad or a song to someone you did wrong then this is the place to be.
