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You don't need to correct every wrong thing you read. In fact you will probably feel much better if you don't ever do it at all, or at least take a break for wh
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
You don't need to correct every wrong thing you read. In fact you will probably feel much better if you don't ever do it at all, or at least take a break for while.
- bbor 4y agoVery true :). It doesn’t help that this isn’t exactly a little blog post, it’s a popular New Yorker feature…
- hackernewds 4y agoStill that is what the downvote button for. With a comment extolling why your opinion is further valid than the net points that support it, seems an exercise in ego that is not beneficial to either you or the community.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoA published "real" news article like this is actually one of the more futile things to try to "correct" IMO. Some guy on a blog might publish a correction or change their view. The New Yorker probably won't (at least not based on an HN comment).
- graphe 4y agoHave you ever tried correcting a "real" article? It's easier to write it in the blog comments then open an email with sources but it's not futile.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoI've not tried, no. If something involved my personal reputation or that of my family or friends, I might try though. Good to know!
- visarga 4y agoobligatory https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/
- hnfong 4y agoExcept now I can train an AI to do it 24/7...
- TeMPOraL 4y agoExcept if you want the job done right, you really have to do it yourself...
- hnfong 4y agoYou're suggesting I stay up late at night fixing wrong comments made by my AI chatbot? ... Yeah, seems like something I'd do :P
- TeMPOraL 4y agoYou could train an AI chatbot to do those fixes for you, but it will also make plenty of mistakes. You could train yet another AI chatbot to compensate for that, but at some point somebody has to get their hands dirty, or else it's AI chatbots all way down.
- sebzim4500 4y agoVery true, but it is hard not be frustrated reading the constant stream of confidently incorrect information about this topic. I left /r/programming similar reasons and it is sad to experience the same on HN.
- gameshot911 4y agoThe constant misinformation of the world is one of life's great tensions.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoIf you did then the LLM might stop hallucinating so much.
- o_____________o 4y agoWhen my pedantic keyboard warrior gears start turning, I think about the same xkcd a sibling commenter posted. But I've been struggling with the recent tsunami of openly anti-intellectual, alt-everything pseudoscience in the US. I recently pleaded with my sister to read The Demon-Haunted World by Sagan. There's something important in patient advocacy of truth.