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AI Has an Invisible Misinformation Problem
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The following is a selection from The Algorithmic Bridge, an educational newsletter about the AI that matters to your life. Its purpose is to help you understand the impact AI has in our world and develop the tools to better navigate the future.
Large language models have a lot of challenges ahead.
They’re costly and contaminating. They need huge amounts of data and compute to learn. They tend to engage in stereotypes and biases that could potentially harm already discriminated minorities. The larger they are, the harder it is to make them safe and the people behind them accountable. In some cases, the only reason companies build them is simply to signal they’re too in the game. Companies tend to overemphasize merits and dismiss deficiencies. To just name a few.
But there’s one other problem that, although we’re aware of, can be extremely hard to detect: AI-based misinformation.
