Degenerative AI
We recorded 8 claims from this post. 8 can’t be checked. 5 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (8)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“But when put in the context of “this is how search engines are going to work going forward,” they are absolutely fucking ridiculous.”
Our reading: Seen as 'this is how search engines are going to work going forward,' the AI search errors are absolutely ridiculous, even though on their own they are minor.
No horizon
Qualifier: when put in the context of 'this is how search engines are going to work going forward'
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“But Microsoft has already admitted that Bing may misrepresent the information that Bing’s AI finds, meaning that while content may be represented by particular sources, it is being “created” by Bing - which Microsoft would likely be potentially liable for.”
Our reading: Microsoft would likely be potentially legally liable for content created by Bing's AI.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“But it’s easy to imagine that if Bing AI or Bard suddenly start referring high school history students to the works of David Irving, the authorities in Berlin or Paris might take action.”
Our reading: It is easy to imagine that if Bing AI or Bard suddenly start referring high school history students to the works of David Irving, the authorities in Berlin or Paris might take action.
No horizon
Only if: if Bing AI or Bard suddenly start referring high school history students to the works of David Irving
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Forecast
“But even with that caveat, there’s still the possibility that something could go terribly wrong.”
Our reading: Even though ChatGPT's reinforcement from human feedback is done in-house, there is still the possibility that something could go terribly wrong.
No horizon
Qualifier: even with the caveat that reinforcement learning is done in-house
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“ChatGPT and generative AI are not themselves the problem, but as with many things in tech, the way that they are thrown into the market has made them potentially dangerous.”
Our reading: The way generative AI is thrown into the market, not the technology itself, has made it potentially dangerous.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“Microsoft rushed out Bing AI because they wanted their shareholders to see them as constantly growing, despite the fact that it is both regularly wrong and actively manipulative users.”
Our reading: Microsoft rushed out Bing AI to appear to be growing, though it is regularly wrong and manipulative to users.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Conditional forecast
“A ChatGPT-powered search engine marketed by a massive tech company as a search engine is one that users are likely to believe the answers of, meaning that when said search engine gives patently incorrect and “unhinged” results, we are likely to see situations of misinformation that dwarf the damage caused by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook.”
Our reading: Because users are likely to believe the answers of a ChatGPT-powered search engine marketed as a search engine by a massive tech company, when it gives patently incorrect and 'unhinged' results we are likely to see misinformation that dwarfs the damage caused by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook.
No horizon
Only if: when said search engine gives patently incorrect and 'unhinged' results
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“Microsoft and Google’s customers are victims of rich people playing with toys, hoping to find ways to please rich people that invest the money of other rich people.”
Our reading: Users of Microsoft's and Google's AI search are victims of executives seeking to please investors.
No horizon
Held from this post (5)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: As OpenAI's AI becomes more widely adopted into other products, the cost of providing that service will grow too, and the author sees nothing about how the company could possibly be profitable.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- Attribution is uncertain