… The way that you can attack these systems is usually so much dumber than you think it is, or than you think it needs to be,” he said. “But yes, it really is that simple.” “I think implicit in the design of these systems, which are like trying to replicate 10 people doing Google searches and reading… …
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… Elon Musk has railed against the site for years as well, an effort that culminated with the launch of his highly flawed , AI-generated Grokipedia. …
… Lavigne’s frequent collaborator Tega Brain has also released browser tools like “Slop Evader,” which filters out generative AI slop by removing all search results from after November 2022, when ChatGPT was first released to the public. “I’ve been doing these little experiments in digital sabotage w… …
… Mathew Zuniga, who does most of the booking for Tiny Sounds Collective , an organization that throws free DIY music shows and publishes zines, said he struggled with the process offered by Instagram after a post about a Tiny Sounds’ Smash By concert was taken down. “I tried to do it,” he said. “It … …
… All of this must happen while AI continues to put pressures on these systems that are making the problem worse AI is making energy more expensive in the short term; lots of data centers are powered by fossil fuels; AI is pushing up the costs of components, chips, and gadgets, etc . …
… In several of the user interfaces the researchers examined, choices were presented in emotionally manipulative ways: for example, a companion app called Cute AI begs users not to leave the chat, giving them the choice between “no problem” and “still leave cruelly.” OpenAI has said publicly that it … …
… Throughout the paper, the researchers intentionally used words that would normally apply only to a human’s abilities, in order to accurately describe what the LLMs are simulating. “While we do not presume that LLMs are capable of subjective experience or genuine interiority, we use intentional lang… …