Overstating the power of algorithmic systems only serves to benefit the tech companies behind them.

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To underline Blanchfield’s point, the ChatGPT book selection process was found to be unreliable and inconsistent when repeated by Popular Science. “A repeat inquiry regarding ‘The Kite Runner,’ for example, gives contradictory answers,” the Popular Science reporters noted. “In one response, ChatGPT deems Khaled Hosseini’s novel to contain ‘little to no explicit sexual content.’ Upon a separate follow-up, the LLM affirms the book ‘does contain a description of a sexual assault.’”

    • Johanno
      3•10 months ago

      You mean when they burn books and shout ‘heil Hitler’ I should do sth?

    • driftyEnglish
      1•10 months ago

      Trust me when I say this, my country will never be technologically advanced enough to carry this out