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Because these are (self) important people who are used to others deferring to them and distorting reality so that they don't have to deal negative externalities
by kurthr 4y ago
Because these are (self) important people who are used to others deferring to them and distorting reality so that they don't have to deal negative externalities. Can you be defamed by a parrot? Look at the utter garbage politicians spew and "news" happily disseminate (to the point where they internally acknowledge they know it's not true, but can't disappoint viewers) for power and profit.
On the one hand I'd hope that this would encourage higher accuracy in these tools, better sourcing, and a more useful product. But, I expect we'll just weirdo litigation, click through warnings, and a lot more garbage on the internet.
Maybe all of this will create a push for accuracy, scientific method, and a quest for truth over narrative, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
- ethanbond 4y agoI think you’re in too deep on the grievance train. A complete nobody who’s applying for a job at a car wash or for a rental apartment and whose lazy employer/landlord “background checks” (ie Googles) via these tools would also be upset about this outcome. Justifiably. It has nothing to do with whatever culture war grievance you’re airing out here. This is a very good argument not to use these tools for any such use case, and it should absolutely be publicized as such.
- kurthr 4y agoTotally agree LLMs should not be used for looking up news, facts, background checks or anything else you can't check yourself. These are Generative tools! I find it somewhat hilarious that diffusion models get into legal trouble for recreating content too accurately and LLMs for hallucinating things that aren't there. I'm responding to a comment/question of "why is this news" since of course there are negative externalities. I guess a charitable reading is, wow this also affects me and my powerful friends... so now you should care? Perhaps cultural grievance is living rent free in your head, since I didn't actually mention names (only the most recent and outrageous examples of using the legal/business/political system to make a profit spreading lies) and as far as I know the article author and "libeled" professor are on the other side of that cultural war. The entire article reads like a trope devoid of useful information. I'm just saddened by the quality of content from respected well heeled human generators. It's the kind of narrative garbage LLMs will spit out tons of in the next few years.