Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
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#3So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
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#5> senior AI reporter
A true "senior" AI reporter should be more skeptical of LLM output than anyone else.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#6So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
"Apologized on Blue Sky" is absolutely no reason to keep them. The author did the absolutely worst things a journalist can do (short of actual corruption) and is unfit for the job:
- He didn't care for his story,
- he didn't care to verify his story,
- he published bullshit made up stuff,
- and put words in a real person's mouth
- and he didn't even care to write the thing himself
Why keep him and pay him? What mentality all the above show? What respect, both self respect and respect for the job?
If they wanted stories from an LLM, they can pay for a subscription to one directly.
Hope this sends a message to journalist hacks who offload their writing or research to an LLM.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#7So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
"Apologized on Blue Sky" is absolutely no reason to keep them. The author did the absolutely worst things a journalist can do (short of actual corruption) and is unfit for the job: - He didn't care for his story, - he didn't care to verify his story, - he published bullshit made up stuff, - and put words in a real person's mouth - and he didn't even care to write the thing himself Why keep him and pay him? What menta…
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Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#8> senior AI reporter A true "senior" AI reporter should be more skeptical of LLM output than anyone else.
I think that's the nail in the coffin. Most others could say it was a giant whoopsie, but here it goes to the heart of their credibility. How could they continue write authoritatively about AI, having done this.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#9So the original blogger got slandered by an LLM agent, then got slandered again by a human journalist who used an LLM agent to write the article about him getting slandered by an LLM agent? How ironic.
But, does that mean he got slandered twice by an LLM agent or once by an agent and once by a human? Or was he technically slandered 3 times? Twice by agents and a third time by the journalist? New questions for the new agentic society.
Re: Ars Technica fires reporter after AI controversy involving fabricated quotes
#10So they fired that author after the author had publicly apologized on Blue sky.
What is the connection between these two statements? Are we supposed to presume that someone who apologizes on Bluesky should never be fired? Or did you also read the article and thought this was important information?