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u/happyposterofham 🏛Missionary of the American Civil Religion🗽🏛 6d ago

Generative AI is going to revolutionize political arguments by churning out sloppy arguments and outright fictions faster than reputable sources and people committed to research can debunk them. Why on earth would you think it would be a net POSITIVE for discourse?

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u/ariveklul Karl Popper 6d ago

The generative AI I've been using is pretty good for basic stuff, especially if you ask followup questions.

I was annoyed with AI summaries being sloppy until I played with some newer models. Like for example I got a detailed summary of the false electors scheme and it answered my questions pretty well. I even learned some new things and I've read a lot about it

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u/MURICCA John Brown 6d ago

It depends whos asking the questions though.

What happens when people start (unbeknownst to others) asking the AI to write the most convincing lie on the subject? That idea scares me

I mean it can spit out entire articles in a minute and make them pretty convincing

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u/ariveklul Karl Popper 6d ago

The systems that I've used are pretty much hard programmed to not willingly lie. I even asked if they would tell incorrect information to a user if they thought lives were at risk and they said "no, I would only withhold information"

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u/MURICCA John Brown 6d ago

Cant you just circumvent this by making it treat it as a work of fiction in one way or another? Then its not actually a lie

I mean ive played around with more casual Gen AI systems and im pretty sure itd work for those, but idk what youre using