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 (DIR) Post #ASceaYAV8i5bIKFPQ8 by clive@saturation.social
       2023-02-13T02:14:31Z
       
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       "AI-Generated Bullshit Is A Challenge To Our 'Vigilance'"My essay on the problem of AI that writes with smooth confidence -- even when it's writing stuff that's flat-out wrongHumans aren't good at being vigilant in the face of automated systemsI riff off Google's recent AI blunders, an excellent @garymarcus essay, and elite techniques of copy editors For Medium subscribers: https://clivethompson.medium.com/ai-generated-bullshit-is-a-challenge-to-our-vigilance-2b3c85fffa89If you're not a Medium subscriber, here's a "friend" link: https://clivethompson.medium.com/ai-generated-bullshit-is-a-challenge-to-our-vigilance-2b3c85fffa89?sk=5613e1a44b25eea2c743c4fe82abee14
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdaOkvpedBWkJT040 by ringuette@indieweb.social
       2023-02-13T13:02:17Z
       
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       @clive This is fascinating - another reminder that in some fields, there’s a baked in reward structure for being fast and sounding confident, which is often not correlated with knowing what you are talking about.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdbsvcGauHsWbGZVY by BillBraine@newsie.social
       2023-02-13T13:18:58Z
       
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       @clive “…smooth-sounding AI bullshit is really, really easy to zone out on. Because it so neatly resembles authoritative human utterances, it’s hard to remain vigilant.” aka the George Santos Problemhttps://newsie.social/@BillBraine/109710025278391828
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdbzWpBASdXf5S9uy by clive@saturation.social
       2023-02-13T13:19:38Z
       
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       @ringuette Yes! The tech field in Silicon Valley is indeed quite like that itself 😅
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdgNtAe8VArjZMjk8 by markhurst@mastodon.social
       2023-02-13T14:09:23Z
       
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       @clive just posted on the Creative Good Forum quoting (and linking to) this!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdoL5rTIMLJrGZhmi by clive@saturation.social
       2023-02-13T15:36:12Z
       
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       @markhurst Woo!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdoz7ANrWdbUNVLDE by clive@saturation.social
       2023-02-13T15:45:45Z
       
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       @BillBraine Yes!!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASePTN7sgafo1Z3qHQ by rajeshbilimoria@mastodon.social
       2023-02-13T22:34:10Z
       
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       @clive @irwin I think the point about the problem of vigilance is important, especially with Microsoft’s Bing news last week. I was thinking about that and some points from our December thread in a piece I wrote last week about new Bing and VIBES and a week prior in one on VIBES and generative AI. Lots to think about; feel free to take a lookhttps://newsletter.14watts.com/041/
       
 (DIR) Post #ASeeXCgovf0Q7vglMG by Majic@opalstack.social
       2023-02-14T01:23:15Z
       
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       @clive Gary Marcus seems to have single handedly fought and maintained some sanity in the discussions surrounding the deep learning language models. Aided in battle by a post 90 year old Noam Chomsky. Good grief. There are others of course .. nice rationalism with the article
       
 (DIR) Post #ASik0duo3p4XMmvYJc by clive@saturation.social
       2023-02-16T00:43:30Z
       
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       @rajeshbilimoria @irwin Aha, that's interesting!! My apologies for my late reply -- just saw this now ... will read later tonight, thank you!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASk2jSMhqJ1yuQSIxk by rajeshbilimoria@mastodon.social
       2023-02-16T15:47:58Z
       
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       @clive @irwin thanks, Clive!