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• @JeroenJeremy@mastodon.green JeroenJeremy on mastodon

  Interesting take from the Princeton professor who calls ChatGPT a bullshit generator:  —  “If you have been reading all the hype about the latest artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, you might be excused for thinking that the end of the world is nigh.” …

• @daphnehk Daphne Keller on x

  Economically, this seems terrible for human creators whose work does not make truth claims. (Greeting card art, pop lyrics) As a societal matter, it should make our skepticism about documentary or photographic evidence go through the roof. We should value *authentication.* 2/

• @random_walker Arvind Narayanan on x

  In a conversation with @JuliaAngwin about AI hype, I argue that the most worrisome uses of ChatGPT aren't malicious ones but rather everyday people and organizations using it to cut corners due to the pressures they face, like CNET's misguided experiment. https://themarkup.org/..…

• @juliaangwin Julia Angwin on x

  ChatGPT is great at its job. But its job is to be a bullshit generator — an automated creator of plausible lies. “It is very good at being persuasive, but it's not trained to produce true statements” @random_walker says in my latest newsletter. /1 https://themarkup.org/...

• @harrymccracken Harry McCracken on x

  “It is very good at being persuasive, but it's not trained to produce true statements. It often produces true statements as a side effect of being plausible and persuasive, but that is not the goal.” https://themarkup.org/...

• @jonathandriddle Jonathan D. Riddle on x

  A skeptical computer science professor provides some helpful context and criticisms of ChatGPT and the broader turn toward AI. https://twitter.com/...

• @digiphile Alex Howard on x

  This list of 18 pitfalls for journalists to avoid in reporting on artificial intelligence is more broadly applicable to emerging technologies in general. This matrix will be useful to anyone who wishes to spread insight instead marketing snake oil: https://aisnakeoil.substack.com…

• @random_walker Arvind Narayanan on x

  In our AI Snake Oil book blog, @sayashk and I describe ChatGPT as an unparalleled bullshit generator. We've found this to be a useful framework to understand the power, limits, and dangers of large language models. https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/ ...

• @fuzheado Andrew Lih on x

  One of my favorite quotes is: “The truth is paywalled, but the lies are free.” With ChatGPT and generative AI, the “lies” created distort the equation even more. Excellent interview about these risks with @random_walker by @JuliaAngwin https://twitter.com/...