Ars TechnicaAug 16, 2023

An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban

Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban

Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.

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Show threadLosfromcp
@arstechnica It's both enraging and demoralizing to see #chatgpt #AI used for these #fascist #bookbanning efforts
Aug 16, 2023 at 9:40pmWeb
Show threadAnn Thorpe (she/her)Aug 16, 2023
@losfromcp @arstechnica don't worry, the uses for Llama will be worse. Just wait until what 4chan and #huggingface cook up start reviewing resumés. At least there's a small chance OpenAI will wag the finger here.
Show threadLennart J. Kurzweg 🇪🇺Aug 16, 2023

@losfromcp @arstechnica Chin up! Students can use the same tool to have it explain the contents of these books, or ask how they could still read them.

If my experience is anything to go by, telling children to not (read) something, will make them want to (read) it even more!

Also "banning books" is so not-USA-like, but at the same time it fits with the news I read from over there so much.. Haha!