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0 pointsjdiff2y ago0 comments

No, it isn't. This is akin to saying that the truth is relative and lies somewhere between "the Earth is an oblate spheroid" and "the Earth is flat." Perception and perspective varies, sure, but fact exists regardless. Fake news is falsified news built on fabricated fakes, and is not just alternative viewpoints. Do not normalize this.

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laverya2y ago

"Japan has a higher GDP per capita than Alabama" is fake news. It's also confidently repeated by most LLMs. https://twitter.com/MatthewJBar/status/1681554646664634368

My assertion is that things like this will happen whenever LLMs are tuned to match political beliefs.

jdiffOP2y ago

Nobody fed that false fact into any LLM. Garbage in, garbage out isn't fake news.

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laverya2y ago

"Japan has a higher GDP per capita than Alabama" is fake news. It's also confidently repeated by most LLMs. https://twitter.com/MatthewJBar/status/1681554646664634368

My assertion is that things like this will happen whenever LLMs are tuned to match political beliefs.

jdiffOP2y ago

Nobody fed that false fact into any LLM. Garbage in, garbage out isn't fake news.

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