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It matters because LLMs can tell plausible lies at incredible scale: marketing, propaganda, misinformation and disinformation, etc. Understanding whether conten
by Veen 4y ago
It matters because LLMs can tell plausible lies at incredible scale: marketing, propaganda, misinformation and disinformation, etc. Understanding whether content is AI generated would be a useful red flag, but we can't. Nor can supposed "AI detectors" do so with any reliability [0]. It's going to be a problem.
[0]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.11156 https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.11156
- callahad 4y agoIt took me a few weeks, but I've landed firmly in the existential despair camp. Within a year, the noise floor will have shot through the roof, and I'm not sure how we'll winnow truth from weaponized, hyperscale hallucinations. Maybe the good news is that the problem will likely arrive so quickly that by the time we're done collectively comprehending the ways in which it could play out, it will have. And then we can dispense with the hypotheticals and get on with the work of clawing back a space for humans.
- CatWChainsaw 4y agoWelcome to the doom camp :)