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> Until a automatic reliable semantic fact > checker comes along with 99% accuracy Maybe I'm being too "po-mo" about it, but I have doubts that "fake news
by charlesism 10y ago
> Until a automatic reliable semantic fact
> checker comes along with 99% accuracy
Maybe I'm being too "po-mo" about it, but I have doubts that "fake news" is a problem that has a "99% accurate" solution.
Eg: This is a photo of a sleeping man. Are you 99% sure it's a man? Is there a 1% chance it might be a woman with masculine features? Could it be a cardboard cutout? Could it be digitally manipulated? Are you sure he's sleeping and not dead?
Questions of "truth" are like "why" questions which fall apart as you peel back the onion.
- kneel 10y agoA semantic fact checker could work via the snopes model. Not sure that it would really focus on pictures of men/women but here's what I was thinking. You press a button and it analyzes all statements on the page, or maybe highlights subtitles in the case of video. text turns green: 'yes this is actually true' red text: 'no this is provably false' yellow: 'maybe depends on interpretation of a couple fuzzy words' black: 'no claims being made' It would be a good start to holding people accountable. Large blocks of yellow/red text would lead to mistrust. Information is coming at us too fast and we can't keep up but I see no reason why AI can't help. I understand I'm being a little hand wavey right now but I definitely think this is possible in the near future.
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