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Are you worrying that people will do a Google search, see a result that says "Retracted Story: Man Bites Dog", and then go on repeating this as if it's true? L
by jessriedel 9y ago
Are you worrying that people will do a Google search, see a result that says "Retracted Story: Man Bites Dog", and then go on repeating this as if it's true? Like, of course, that's possible, but they could get false information from a million other places. Anyone can lie on the internet.
- abstractbeliefs 9y agoPersonally, I'm not worried about a human reading it, but I am worried about a machine reading it and ingesting "facts" about me because they don't know what a retraction is.
- jessriedel 9y agoOf all the ways that machines can and will misinterpret information on the internet, stories labeled "RETRACTED" are the least concerning.
- visarga 9y agoYeah, but do the guys making ML models at the credit rating agency or immigration agency know or care about that? I think the parent poster has a point here, who audits these models and their systematic errors (biases)?
- unreal37 9y agoImagine John Doe was named as the owner of the site, and he is not in fact connected to it at all. When people search his name, the top 20 results are this incorrect fact. No one is repeating it like it were true, but the man's reputation is harmed and he could sue. Maybe he did sue in fact.