Re: Planet Postgres and the curse of AI

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 8:33 AM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 12:45 PM Avinash Vallarapu <avinash(dot)vallarapu(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> However, I do agree with Lawrence that it is impossible to prove whether it is written by AI or a human.
>> AI can make mistakes and it might mistakenly point out that a blog is written by AI (which I know is difficult to implement).
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> Right - I am not interested in "proving" things, but I think a policy to discourage overuse of AI is warranted.
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>> People may also use AI generated Images in their blogs, and they may be meaningful for their article.
>> Is it only the content or also the images ? It might get too complicated while implementing some rules.
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> Only the content, the images are perfectly fine. Even expected, these days.
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>> Ultimately, Humans do make mistakes and we shouldn't discourage people assuming it is AI that made that mistake.
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> Humans make mistakes. AI confidently hallucinates.
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I think this is a key point, and one that we could focus on for
purposes of discouragement. Ie. "Blogs that are found to repeatedly
post incorrect information and/or AI style hallucinations may be
restricted from contributing to the planet postgres feed. This will be
determined on a case by case basis." While it is likely impossible to
come up with a set of rules that will satisfy some of the more
legalistic folks among us, this would be a simple warning that would
at least encourage folks to make sure they aren't posting bad
information and leave a door open for enforcement if needed. And yes,
this assumes that the folks running planet will enforce if needed,
though I don't think it requires heavy policing at this point.

Robert Treat
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