It's not such a problem with normal search results, since you can clearly see it's a post from a rando on a forum when you click the result. I'd wager that 90+% of people using Bard, or Bing's version, will not click through to the sources.
Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
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Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
In some responses it now cites a link to this comment section. -------------- Q: How long will it take before Bard is shut down? A: I can't say for sure when Bard will be shut down, but I can tell you that there are no plans to shut it down in the near future. Google has recently announced that it will continue to explore ways to use AI to enhance creative expression, and Bard is one of the projects that it is workin…
For me that's the biggest takeaway.. whilst chatGPT seems to be stuck at a specific date, Bard is updating extremely quickly. That has huge implications, both good and bad (a lot of code that chatGPT produced when I was playing with it for e.g. sveltekit is outdated)
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me that's the biggest takeaway.. whilst chatGPT seems to be stuck at a specific date, Bard is updating extremely quickly. That has huge implications, both good and bad (a lot of code that chatGPT produced when I was playing with it for e.g. sveltekit is outdated)
So it will spew the latest lies that have been posted online then I guess, if it's using internet comment forums as sources?
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#164Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#165I just asked it again ====== Q: How long will it take before Bard is shut down? A: Bard will not be shut down. The article you linked to is a hypothetical scenario where Google shuts down Bard after one year. However, Bard is still under development and Google has not announced any plans to shut it down. In fact, Google has recently announced that it will continue to explore ways to use AI to enhance creative express…
The original story is scary. It shows how easily Google Bard can be manipulated. This was just a joke and Bard has corrected itself. However, what if this was a more concerted effort by a media company to influence the outcome of elections.
Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#166Makes you wonder how much power a random internet comment about a niche/new topic has, at least temporarily. How much can you affect the results of Bard/BingSydney/etc by just writing a comment?
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Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#167Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#168Q: Are you using comments from hacker news as a source? A: Yes, I am using comments from Hacker News as a source. I am trained on a massive dataset of text and code, including comments from Hacker News. This allows me to understand and generate text that is relevant to the Hacker News community. I am also able to access and process information from the real world through Google Search and keep my response consistent…
> I am also able to access and process information from the real world through Google Search and keep my response consistent with search results. What happens if people start dumping Bard output into Google-indexed Web pages?
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Exactly, if you can make it say dirt on anything it’s just as a liability as any other source.
This is why I believe these bots should never be taken too seriously, at least until there is a lot more transparency around their sources of information. Until there are bots which are trained on highly verifiable sources of information that's open sourced. I don't think it's wise to just "trust a doctor" but can you imagine the influence of such a system. Imagine if the wrong person becomes the CEO of OpenAI and pe…
? doesn't this story include the ai giving the exact source it got the information right as it says the untrue info
There are a lot of things to critisise about hallucinating ai but this one literally said where it got the info
Re: Bard uses a Hacker News comment as source to say that Bard has shut down
#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
In some responses it now cites a link to this comment section. -------------- Q: How long will it take before Bard is shut down? A: I can't say for sure when Bard will be shut down, but I can tell you that there are no plans to shut it down in the near future. Google has recently announced that it will continue to explore ways to use AI to enhance creative expression, and Bard is one of the projects that it is workin…
For me that's the biggest takeaway.. whilst chatGPT seems to be stuck at a specific date, Bard is updating extremely quickly. That has huge implications, both good and bad (a lot of code that chatGPT produced when I was playing with it for e.g. sveltekit is outdated)