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Well, for example, "According to The Vaccine Research Institution..." Now I just made up that organization. But how can an algorithm tell if it's a legitimate
by jasonthevillain 10y ago
Well, for example, "According to The Vaccine Research Institution..."
Now I just made up that organization. But how can an algorithm tell if it's a legitimate medical institute that develops vaccines or anti-vaxxer propaganda?
If the algorithm actually had a way to distinguish the two, it could blacklist bullshit just as easily as it could disclose it.
- Karunamon 10y agoThe problem there is that, at the end of the day, it's a fallible human putting stuff in the "bullshit blacklist". It also means that you're evaluating a statement based on its source rather than its merits, which is.. bad. When you're the #1 source of information on stuff in the world, that's an awful lot of power that can be trivially abused (e.g. "let's just blacklist unfavorable coverage of this lawsuit against us").
- TuringTest 10y ago> you're evaluating a statement based on its source rather than its merits, which is.. bad. If you don't know the source, you have no way of knowing its merits, as you won't be aware of how the people came up with that knowledge.
- Karunamon 10y agoBy all means, show the source - just don't blacklist things based on the source. Truth is truth regardless of who speaks it.