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OpenAI shuts down its AI Classifier due to poor accuracy

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Re: OpenAI shuts down its AI Classifier due to poor accuracy

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Taking away tools don't seem to me like the best response same way taking away things tends never to be. If the problem is people not using it right, that seems to me like it would be designed wrong for what people need it for. Like if the issue is using it wrong with too little sentences, then put a minimum sentence or something to have that minimum likelihood. Same goes for representing what it means. If people don…

The problem isn't people not using it right, the problem is that the tool can never work and just by being out in the world it would cause harm. If I have a tool that returns a random number between 0 and 1, indicating confidence that text is AI generated, is that tool good? Is it ethical to release it? I'd say no, it isn't. Removing the option is far better because the tool itself is harmful.

>just by being out in the world it would cause harm

sounds like AI rather than AI detection to me. :)

Re: OpenAI shuts down its AI Classifier due to poor accuracy

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That's true, you could even purposely inject fingerprinting into its writing style and it could still accomplish the goal of conveying information to people.

All I would have to do is run the same tool over the text, see it gets flagged, and then modify the text until it no longer gets flagged. That's assuming I can't just prompt inject my way out of the scenario.

That's true of virtually any detection tool, no?

"All I have to do is modify my virus until the anti-virus doesn't detect it."

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