[HN Gopher] Keep your AI claims in check
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       Keep your AI claims in check
        
       Author : deepwaters
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-02-27 22:41 UTC (19 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.ftc.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.ftc.gov)
        
       | xeromal wrote:
       | This kind of post from the FTC is refreshing. I appreciate how
       | authoritative it is.
        
       | 1-6 wrote:
       | "FTC technologists and others can look under the hood and analyze
       | other materials to see if what's inside matches up with your
       | claims."
       | 
       | So now the FTC wants to check source code? Why is this suddenly
       | acceptable?
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | if you sell me something that says it does X on the box, but
         | doesn't actually do X then that's all the purview needed. if
         | they have to prove it by getting into the source code, then all
         | the better. assuming this would be some 3rd party auditing
         | company doing it for them. why? there's a difference of being
         | so bug ridden that your software doesn't work vs just doesn't
         | even attempt to do what the box claims.
        
       | dylan604 wrote:
       | wow, i would not have imagined a gov't agency to be agile enough
       | to release something like this. i'm kind of impressed. here's to
       | hoping this isn't just all bark and there's some actual teeth to
       | his.
        
         | aiappreciator wrote:
         | Its incredible.
         | 
         | The language is not bureaucratic, its elegant, precise, and
         | clear. Like written by a passionate person who cares about the
         | topic, rather than a government drone.
        
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