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16. 32 times artificial intelligence got it catastrophically wrong ...

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DUers should not try to suggest they have any expertise or skill based on what they have AI spit out for them. [View all] highplainsdem Feb 15 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Feb 15 #1

Absolutely! SheltieLover Feb 15 #2

Agree JustAnotherGen Feb 15 #3

Which Says A Lot! ProfessorGAC Feb 15 #4

It's why students have always been a huge market for generative AI. It lets them pretend to know highplainsdem Feb 15 #6

Chat GPT uses Wikipedia for a lot of its data GaYellowDawg Feb 15 #5

Wikipedia at least has citations, though, so you know where (most of) their info was drawn from. highplainsdem Feb 15 #7

Except when it doesn't. Ms. Toad Feb 15 #10

Actually, it does. GaYellowDawg Feb 18 #49

I wasn't suggesting that Wikipedia is reliable. Ms. Toad Feb 18 #52

If you have to use Google to "google", you can exclude AI results by dobleremolque Feb 15 #8

That's a good tip. You can also just click the Web tab after you have typed in your search query. chowder66 Feb 15 #12

Thanks! highplainsdem Feb 15 #25

I agree, but wonder: Did an instance(s) occur to prompt this OP? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 15 #9

Would like to know. GPV Feb 15 #31

Very much agree..we should ask it be included in the rules...make it official... MiHale Feb 15 #11

Thanks! And IMO it would be helpful to have it in the DU rules. highplainsdem Feb 15 #26

well said Takket Feb 15 #13

I think most would catch the use of AI and other fake chat boxes, in posting their resumes and other SWBTATTReg Feb 15 #29

And DENVERPOPS Feb 15 #14

Agree speak easy Feb 15 #15

32 times artificial intelligence got it catastrophically wrong ... aggiesal Feb 15 #16

Thanks! highplainsdem Feb 15 #36

People with genuine expertise rarely if ever post anonymously on the internet. Gaugamela Feb 15 #17

Agree, since you included "rarely" for the exceptions. highplainsdem Feb 15 #24

I wish we'd stop using "intelligence." to describe it. It's not. paleotn Feb 15 #18

Artificial Ignorance works for me. CaptainTruth Feb 15 #20

Me too! ReRe Feb 15 #22

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 15 #30

I wish we'd stop flipping it off as if it's nothing new Bernardo de La Paz Feb 15 #33

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" DinahMoeHum Feb 15 #19

Hell, I don't even know what AI is. And I don't want to know! ReRe Feb 15 #21

AI can be trained to be biased V850i Feb 15 #23

AI is the devil IA8IT Feb 15 #27

No. There is no devil. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 15 #34

I would never use AI never use AI never use AI never use AI usonian Feb 15 #28

Well said. Completely agree. I have had associates use AI to proof some work. When I found out c-rational Feb 15 #32

What prompted you to post? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 15 #35

I quoted AI in this post but I also gave a warning about what it was saying as we know who controls AI Quixote1818 Feb 15 #37

I didn't look at the thread you linked to till just now. When you said you quoted AI, I thought you'd highplainsdem Feb 16 #38

Nope, zero AI on post about Groupthink, yes on the one I literally point out is AI Quixote1818 Feb 16 #39

The only reason I even looked at your other post, knew about it, was that a friend emailed me saying highplainsdem Feb 16 #43

I'd suggest checking the things we say against the AI opinion gulliver Feb 16 #40

Better to check against real experts and fact-checking sites. Chatbots are mindless and can give you highplainsdem Feb 16 #41

Unfortunately, real experts have a human body, friends, trade guilds, and so forth. gulliver Feb 16 #42

Most experts I know have very different opinions on the usefulness and accuracy of AI. And it isn't highplainsdem Feb 16 #44

People have reasons not to be objective or informed. gulliver Feb 16 #47

AI is known to have a lot of biases. Even if you can get it to provide sources for what it says, they highplainsdem Feb 16 #48

I would wager TheProle Feb 16 #45

I'm in favor of fact-checking. But humans being capable of making errors does not justify using AI as a source. highplainsdem Feb 16 #46

Excellent post canetoad Feb 18 #50

Probably best addressed to DU creators/owners Joinfortmill Feb 18 #51