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So, some of the findings in relation to the psychology of AI fact-checking they found may be valid and interesting (e.g. how it increases confidence, even in fa
by simonmesmith 3y ago
So, some of the findings in relation to the psychology of AI fact-checking they found may be valid and interesting (e.g. how it increases confidence, even in false information when incorrect). But their methodology to me seems quite flawed:
1. They use “ChatGPT” and never mention if it’s 3.5 or 4 (unless I missed it—don’t think so) so I suspect 3.5.
2. They ask ChatGPT to evaluate the truthfulness of new headlines outside its training data cutoff, don’t show it the source of the headline (e.g. a reputable news outlet or not), and don’t allow it to to use an internet search to determine if the news is corroborated.
So their claim that it’s “ineffective” seems like a pretty big overreach. At best you might say “AI fact-checking by relatively weak models not given all available information and asked to evaluate headlines outside their training data cutoff” are ineffective. Duh!
Clearly, if you were to design a good AI fact-checker, you wouldn’t design it like this. You would give it all available information, allow it to corroborate with a news search, and use a stronger model or a model fine-tuned for the task.