"And who is Tribonnora," said Babbalanja, "that he thus bravely diverts himself, running down innocent paddlers?"
"A harum-scarum young chief," replied Media, "heir to three islands; he likes nothing better than the sport you now see see him at."
"He must be possessed by a devil," said Mohi.
Said Babbalanja, "Then he is only like all of us."
Mardi/Volume I/Chapter CIV
Happy #MelvilleMonday , dear friends!
A fresh problem with #AI is what might be called Artificial Gullibility.
According to a BlueSky poster, an academic who was ruled guilty of plagiarism has waged an extensive astroturfing campaign to rewrite the record. The goal was probably to game conventional search engines, but the texts have now been ingested by Google's AI. Google's "AI Overview” presents her (apparently false) version of events, backing it with the supposed authority of Google and “AI”.
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https://bsky.app/profile/laurenginsberg.bsky.social/post/3mhnxv2swok2g
The return of ReceptioGate to the news is a useful moment to think about the role AI is having in creating truth for a lot of internet users. I posted this update - the clear plagiarism verdict against Rossi - on another platform… /1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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