The combination of using an "authoritative" voice and being completely and utterly full of shit makes for some truly ridiculous results. Users need to be extremely careful with these tools. And no, expecting everyone to be knowledgeable to independently fact check some BS published based on a generative model is not a reasonable position. That burden needs to be held by the publisher.
Unfortunately with the current state of machine generated content and SEO spam on the internet, that is not likely to happen as there is no real incentive to do so.
And it's not just being confidently wrong about a single person like this author noted, it's being confidently wrong about anything and everything.
The other day I asked ChatGPT about the reasons behind the connection between Italian filmmakers and Western movies. It gave a few reasons that were semi-plausible if not easily verifiable, and then made the bold claim that Italy and the United States were great allies in World War 2. It said this confidently and with a tone of authority.
And while we may all go "ha ha that's wrong" now, WW2 was nearly 80 years ago and not everyone has a strong history background. There aren't that many people left with direct experience and that number shrinks every day. With growing distrust in actual authorities on matters and rejection of observable fact--based at least in part on massive piles of internet BS--this is pretty concerning to me.
Unfortunately with the current state of machine generated content and SEO spam on the internet, that is not likely to happen as there is no real incentive to do so.
And it's not just being confidently wrong about a single person like this author noted, it's being confidently wrong about anything and everything.
The other day I asked ChatGPT about the reasons behind the connection between Italian filmmakers and Western movies. It gave a few reasons that were semi-plausible if not easily verifiable, and then made the bold claim that Italy and the United States were great allies in World War 2. It said this confidently and with a tone of authority.
And while we may all go "ha ha that's wrong" now, WW2 was nearly 80 years ago and not everyone has a strong history background. There aren't that many people left with direct experience and that number shrinks every day. With growing distrust in actual authorities on matters and rejection of observable fact--based at least in part on massive piles of internet BS--this is pretty concerning to me.