What do you know to be true? And can you spot an AI-generated news story or online video? A recent video posted on X and reported by NBC News of an American company distributing food aid to the people of Gaza sparked an online debate about what was real and what was not. Beyond the facts of … Continue reading Our Truth Insecurity Has Arrived: AI and Misinformation Reach a New Level
Doom. What could come of it? It is not the post-apocalyptic future but rather how sometimes the beginning of something can lead us to places we do not always anticipate. In 1993 DOOM the video game, was introduced and became one of the most popular first-person adventure games. In part, it was famous for its … Continue reading AI and the Unforeseen Ripple Effects
Recently the data community and the media have been buzzing about Generative AI and in particular Google’s AI Overview responses to questions like ‘How many rocks should I eat?’ or ‘How to glue cheese to your pizza?’ These answers of course are silly and the memes have been fun to read, however, there is a … Continue reading Misinformation Lessons from Pizza Glue and Eating Rocks: A Beginning
Generative AI has spilled into society like an oil slick on an ocean. There is no escaping it. The wind, the waves, and the current will carry it to places we have yet to imagine in terms of its capabilities, uses, and applications. It encroaches on us without much of a plan to contain it, … Continue reading Containing ChatGPT May be Impossible
Since the introduction of ChatGPT3 last November and its protégé ChatGPT4 last month, there has been frenzied anticipation about how this form of AI will transform all of us in nearly unimaginable ways. While ChatGPT has been impressive in its capability it has also demonstrated the limits of its knowledge by providing incorrect or misleading … Continue reading What ChatGPT Tells Us About Misinformation: The Black Mirror Effect
