Justin Potincredible stuff here Bing
Random Host 🐕@jhpot Me computer. Me don't understand context. Me provide inaccurate information in prominent place. Me spread misinformation. Yay. Technology.
corewill@RandomHost @jhpot omg me saw martian people 10 million. me got angry at search engine because i dont have the average human intelligence for telling that this should be wrong. Me saw that its wrong. Now me need to share this.
@corewill @jhpot In this case, it is pretty obvious but I had cases where #Google would do something worse and actually aggregate data which it thought was related but wasn't.
And then Google would present things like "album release dates" and attribute 2000s cover version release dates to the original 80s album.
And Google makes it look like the information is actually accurate.
The only indicator you have that the #misinformation presented prominently by the search engine is merely a wild guess by the algorithm, is a subtle little "give feedback" or "was this helpful" widget.
This is what happens when humans try to "help" other humans by making computers "smart".
This is why I'm also very skeptical about #chatGPT. Tech folks kind of know what it is and what it can and can't do but the less technically inclined may actually confuse the nonsense that it makes up at times for actual facts.
@RandomHost @jhpot then everybody needs to be tech literate before using it or dont ask any questions to it. If you are confusing the nonsense in even such cases you should not use it for that purpose. It is that easy.
@RandomHost @jhpot You cannot accuse the creator, I mean never, really never, because in the end case user do not know how to use it and did not educate yourself about the app. and even better, sources are everywhere and there are literally hundreds of sources.
I'm not accusing the creators of anything. They created an amazing piece of tech. No doubt.
But being responsible with technology is not how users work.
Users work like "Oh, there is this fun new app which morphes faces and I just have to grant it full access to my phone camera and media folders. Whatever. Install. Yayyyyyy. All my data is going into the cloud. Weeeeeeeeeee."
And this is something that needs to be addressed by every countries more or less broken educational system.
People need to learn about the potential of technology, good and bad.
And people need to be aware that technology advances so fast that the stuff that was considered impossible just a day ago might become a new thing basically over night.
@corewill @jhpot And in case any tesla driver finds this thread:
It's assisted driving. Not auto pilot. Don't listen to the marketing. Listen to the tech folks.
Keep your hands close to the steering wheel and be ready to overrule the stupid AIs decision making.
It was probably trained by random people on the Internet solving Captchas. Are you comfortable trusting these people with your live? Come on.