The AI Thread

[Gavster]

I was kinda referring to Mito’s comment about not getting great outputs, and how the prompt (regardless of whether you write it or get AI to write it), has a massive impact on the quality of the output.

[DeskJockey]

Ah. Then I agree with you.

[DeskJockey]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amirhusain ... g-systems/

This is one of those good and bad at once situations, with the decision only resting on who found the bug and what they did with it.

[Jobbo]

Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelli ... nformation

Large language models adopt an authoritative tone and can confidently present fabricated information as fact

That will come from them being trained using online sources - probably quite a lot from the forum posts which gave rise to this: https://sniffpetrol.com/author/tpfaif/

[DeskJockey]

Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelli ... nformation

Large language models adopt an authoritative tone and can confidently present fabricated information as fact

That will come from them being trained using online sources - probably quite a lot from the forum posts which gave rise to this: https://sniffpetrol.com/author/tpfaif/

They've pulled the "medical" advice, because it was downright dangerous at times.

This is making the rounds in security groups

https://www.eweek.com/news/anthropic-my ... ity-risks/

It is being widely reported. At best it'll be a brief reprieve before someone less scrupulous releases their version of it. Some hyperbole, but not entirely.

[Zonda_]

Are there any reliable AI checkers? I currently deliver courses online and a lot of the ‘less able’ students try to get away with using it for their answers. The problem is I’ve run the same answer through different checkers, namely Grammerly and Zerogpt and one gives a percentage of 100% AI use and the other 0!!

[DeskJockey]

I don't think there are any very accurate ones.

One possible approach (if allowed) could be to permit it, but it has to be explicitly called out and justified. E.g. don't just use AI to write the answer, explain why you used it and what value it adds. I know that's been discussed in other educational contexts.