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Brian Eason Apr 6, 2023

Will Oremus Apr 5, 2023

It isn't just one law professor. It appears ChatGPT routinely fills in the gaps with falsehoods when prompted to talk about specific individuals about whom it may have limited credible data. An Australian mayor is threatening to sue OpenAI with defamation after ChatGPT told a constituent he'd been imprisoned for bribery, and the rumor spread. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/openai-may-be-sued-after-chatgpt-falsely-says-aussie-mayor-is-an-ex-con/

OpenAI threatened with landmark defamation lawsuit over ChatGPT false claims [Updated]

ChatGPT falsely claimed a mayor went to prison.

Ars Technica

Brian Eason Apr 6, 2023

Will Oremus Apr 5, 2023

Asked for examples of sexual harassment at law schools, ChatGPT named a GW law prof accused of touching a student on a class trip to Alaska, citing a 2018 Washington Post story.

The law prof is real. The rest was made up.

We wrote about what happens when AIs lie about you: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/05/chatgpt-lies/

ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law prof as the accused

ChatGPT accused a law professor of harassment. But the evidence doesn’t exist.

The Washington Post

Brian Eason Apr 3, 2023

Puff the Magic Hater Mar 23, 2023

Most folks I know who are worried about AI aren’t worried about these programs becoming self aware and oppressing us. That’s not a thing. We’re worried about all the ways these systems will ramp up existing inequalities and further obliterate our shared reality as human beings. That’s already happening.

Brian Eason Mar 31, 2023

Max Kennerly Mar 31, 2023

"AI will eventually free people up to 'work when they want to,' ChatGPT investor predicts"

Uh huh, sure, the same thing was said about the industrial revolution and about mass production and about personal computers but then the wealthy absorbed all of productivity benefits and then kept demanding a bigger and bigger slice of the pie anyway.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-investor-predicts-ai-will-free-humanity-from-work-2023-3

ChatGPT investor predicts AI will 'free humanity' from work

AI could "free humanity from the need to work," said Vinod Khosla, an early OpenAI investor, but getting to such a "utopia" will be messy.

Insider

Brian Eason Mar 31, 2023

Philip Bump Mar 31, 2023

The Census Bureau released new county-level population updates.

Red counties are growing, despite having more deaths than births, thanks to new arrivals from blue counties. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/30/red-america-is-growing-because-blue-america-is-shrinking/?itid=ap_philipbump

Red America is growing because blue America is shrinking

International immigrants are moving to blue counties while blue counties lose residents to red ones.

The Washington Post

Brian Eason Mar 25, 2023

Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮Mar 25, 2023

I have a gaming problem where I am super competitive and also super terrible at any online game 🥲🥲🥲

Brian Eason Mar 25, 2023

Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org Mar 25, 2023

RT @erniesuggs
THE MOMENT:
On March 23, 2023, for the first time in 155 years, the @ajc hired a Black man - @AJCLeroyChapman - to become Editor-in-Chief. Blessed to have witnessed this moment in history. I've never been prouder to be associated with this fine organization.
Good Luck Leroy

Brian Eason Feb 18, 2023

Ann Lipton Feb 18, 2023

Wow. WaPo digs into why the South has the lowest credit scores in the country (adding to individual consumers' borrowing costs, freezing then out of credit at all). The answer: Medical debt. Because the South didn't expand Medicaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/17/bad-southern-credit-scores/

Why the South has such low credit scores

Why does the American South have worse credit scores than the rest of the country? Hint: It's not just race or income.

The Washington Post

Brian Eason Feb 17, 2023

Dave Lee Feb 16, 2023

Having fun on Twitter unpicking a curious thing that happened to me this morning. Someone reached me on Signal thinking I was ChatGPT. Turned out it had given them my number.

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Brian Eason Feb 17, 2023

I don't think I even fixed the initial reason I wanted to migrate, which was to get off a European server 😂

Decided what I really wanted was just a server with more people on it to make it easier to find stuff. The search function on the old server was beyond useless.