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Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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So I just asked Bing how many people live on the sun, and apparently 50 trillion people live there.

well its definitely big enough to fit that many people, but you would only be able to go out at night when the sun is cooler which would be a bummer

Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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post #18

First there were the journalists, who fully researched their material from first-hand sources. Then there were the bloggers who, without leaving their armchair, wrote opinion pieces based on whatever the journalists had written. Now there is AI, which apes the non-experience of the bloggers. Truly we are now living in a simulation of a simulation.

Mainstream media in the USA has become so unbearable that I welcome AI even if it is wrong a lot of the time. At least it doesn't have an always-war-first agenda.

Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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post #13

People were talking about how pre-AI internet content might one day be valued like low-background steel, as something that's no longer being produced in a pure enough form Guess we're there already

The "dead internet" is here, and unfortunately there's no going back

You can still serve hypertext and not use AI. There's still a place for that sort of thing. There's free real estate serving people who don't wish to become stupid.

Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AI doesn’t have the capacity to think critically.

Over the years I have worked in many universities. Many of the so-called critical thinkers I meet are anything but. Their writings echo pre-approved wisdoms and take a generally template-driven approach to all matters. I only need to read one of their papers to know with fair certainty what opinion they will hold on any given subject. Thinking about it, this makes them sound very similar to AIs [wry smile emoji].

I have seen enough C-suite loud talkers come into the room and blabber about some bullshit as if they're wise, and the people around them seemingly actually buy into it! They don't see that this person is working off of a template. Futhermore, that gas bag is well aware that if this venture doesn't strike gold, they can go to the next with literally no backlash, and moreover use that fail as an accomplishment via the job title they held.

Luckily, it's funny to me now so it bothers me less when I see it.

Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

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post #44
post #18

First there were the journalists, who fully researched their material from first-hand sources. Then there were the bloggers who, without leaving their armchair, wrote opinion pieces based on whatever the journalists had written. Now there is AI, which apes the non-experience of the bloggers. Truly we are now living in a simulation of a simulation.

Mainstream media in the USA has become so unbearable that I welcome AI even if it is wrong a lot of the time. At least it doesn't have an always-war-first agenda.

If trained on material with an always-war-first agenda why wouldn't it have an always-war-first agenda?

Re: Bing thinks Mars has 2.5B people based on an AI generated blog wrong answer

#49
post #13

People were talking about how pre-AI internet content might one day be valued like low-background steel, as something that's no longer being produced in a pure enough form Guess we're there already

The "dead internet" is here, and unfortunately there's no going back

I think there's no shortage of interesting and useful information on the internet. There's just a new challenge of filtering out the new source of background noise.
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