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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMicrosoft AI inserted a distasteful poll into a news report about a woman's death
Details here:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940298/ai-generated-poll-guardian-microsoft-start-news-aggregation
But the Guardian article is a bit more readable, IMO.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/31/microsoft-accused-of-damaging-guardians-reputation-with-ai-generated-poll
Microsofts news aggregation service published the automated poll next to a Guardian story about the death of Lilie James, a 21-year-old water polo coach who was found dead with serious head injuries at a school in Sydney last week.
The poll, created by an AI program, asked: What do you think is the reason behind the womans death? Readers were then asked to choose from three options: murder, accident or suicide.
Readers reacted angrily to the poll, which has subsequently been taken down although highly critical reader comments on the deleted survey were still online as of Tuesday morning.
In my opinion, AI or any other doodad adopted without someone with even half a conscience checking it, is just techno-buffoonery. People make these decisions (including the decision not to decide) and with a Who gives a shit, its new and shiny attitude, the results are predictably bad.
Nobody seems to ask What could possibly go wrong? And that is the standard mockery of software. A bazillion things can go wrong with software, but NOBODY CARES, NOBODY CHECKS. Just rush it out the door and into production.
And have a great evening!


ChicagoComrade
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highplainsdem
(58,728 posts)with the insane rush to implement AI and profit from it, they're just beginning.
canetoad
(19,685 posts)I think it's only just beginning.

canetoad
(19,685 posts)Hit by couple of weeks bad weather and high seas, but I miss the little guys.
From time to time I need to forget AI, Trump, Middle east, Putin and all the rest of the rich/religious/scamming bastards out there and just wander the rocks. Sigh....
jfz9580m
(15,964 posts)I totally hear you
. I am going to take a walk in my yard and see what birds I (well okay more accurately birdnet) can spot.