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We worried AI would make things up, we should also worry when it doesn’t
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We’ve spent the past few years worrying about AI inventing facts, quotes or events. But what happens when AI isn’t making things up at all, but accurately repeating information somebody deliberately put there for it to find?
- We’ve spent the past few years worrying about AI inventing facts, quotes or events. But what happens when AI isn’t making things up at all, but accurately repeating information somebody deliberately put there for it to find?
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- We worried AI would make things up, we should also worry when it doesn’t
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