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jordanlund@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu

www.thepopverse.com

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Sadly, you will never be able to read Andy Weir's 'The Last Algorithm,' one of multiple non-existent books recommended by the Chicago Sun-Times in major AI snafu

www.thepopverse.com

jordanlund@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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The Sun-Times has just offered the best argument against using generative AI in journalism, publishing a recommended summer reading list filled with books that aren't actually real.

List in question:

https://bsky.app/profile/tbretc.bsky.social/post/3lpme473fdc2z

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  • Sergio@slrpnk.net
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    I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not…

    Maybe it’s because I’m not an AI, but I don’t understand how the word “always” can be used like that…

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      “You keep using this word, I do not think it means what you think it means…”

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    Okay but I want that book to be real. Anyone got Andy Weir’s number?

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      He either needs to write it or get AI to write it, that would be hilarious!

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    Jesus H. Christ, does this paper not have a damn editor?

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      It sounds like this wasn’t even Sun Times generated content, it’s some licensed content that got copy/pasted with no review.

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        Just wild.

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          Up next, an article about how college kids are skipping learning and just using gpt for everything.

          The hypocrisy is wild.

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    Yeah somebody named Andy Weir now has to write this book.

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      Reminds me about a popular commercial about a guy who wrote a book. The commercial was so moving that a lot of people looked for the book, but it didn’t exist. So they took an existing book, renamed it, published it under a pseudonym, and got the actor from the commercial to promote it:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Fishing%3A_Memories_of_Angling_Days

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