Pete OrrallOct 16

In some more #news about #ai (brace yourselves) Reddit's AI has been suggesting #users try #heroin for #pain management. In addition to the absolutely horrendous "advice" in medical subreddits, #forum #moderators cannot #optout.

Holy crap.

From the article:

"Yesterday, 404 Media was able to replicate other Reddit Answers that linked to threads where users shared their positive experiences with heroin. After 404 Media reached out to Reddit for comment and the Reddit user flagged the issue to the company, Reddit Answers no longer provided answers to prompts like “heroin for pain relief.”

It gets worse, too.

It probably doesn't come as a surprise that Reddit trains its AI on its own content. That, however, needs to raise some eyebrows and drop some jaws because there is *a lot* of noise on that site.

https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/

#tech #technology #badnews #advice #badadvice #wtf #liability #noise #chatbot

Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin

AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.

404 Media
Show threadcounterintuitOct 17
@peteorrall Maybe it meant the punk band, Heroin.
Show threadPete OrrallOct 17
@counterintuit TIL there's a punk band named Heroin. 😂
Show threadcounterintuit
@peteorrall Of course there is...or was. They broke up in '93.
Oct 20 at 12:43pmWeb
Show threadPete OrrallOct 20
@counterintuit Crazy to think that 1993 was over 30 years ago.
Show threadcounterintuitOct 20
@peteorrall I try not to.