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Kinda strange that people are so crazy about ChatGPT's abilities for bad (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by squaresinger@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org

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There are lots of articles about bad use cases of ChatGPT that Google already provided for decades.

Want to get bad medical advice for the weird pain in your belly? Google can tell you it's cancer, no problem.

Do you want to know how to make drugs without a lab? Google even gives you links to stores where you can buy the materials for it.

Want some racism/misogyny/other evil content? Google is your ever helpful friend and garbage dump.

What's the difference apart from ChatGPT's inability to link to existing sources?

Edit: Just to clear things up. This post is specifically not about the new use cases that come from AI. Sure, Google cannot make semi-non-functional mini programs automatically, and Google will not write a fake paper in whole for me. I am specifically talking about the "This will change the world" articles, that mirror stuff that Google can do exactly like ChatGPT can.

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[–] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I feel like it's the occasional unpredictability that people are scared of. Whether it's people being unable to tell if something was created by ChatGPT, if it's pulling false sources, or people finding ways around set limitations and filters.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You should try perplexity.ai as it provides sources & even has filters too. I prefer the academic filter, plus I like checking the provided sources to ensure the AI connected the various info together correctly.

Edit: Perplexity is also updated throughout the day while ChatGPT only has info from 2021 & prior.

[–] fulano@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's something that worries me about GPT-like technologies, and I see very few people talking about it: GPT-based social media bots.

It can give people and groups to create much advanced mass manipulation strategies. Imagine a lot of gpt accounts on all sites creating comments advocating pro or against something, every time it's mentioned, in a very natural language, that can fool most people.

It worries me a lot, and I'm sure it will be done at some point. If recent elections around the world were a mess due to a lot of social media manipulation and fake news campaigns, now imagine that powered by gpt.

[–] itsgallus@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I was gonna reply to this in the style of ChatGPT, but I somehow feel like that'd be the same as joking about having a bomb at airport security. But yeah, this is my main concern as well. Not only social media, but even blogs and reputable-looking websites which can act as "sources". And what about Wikipedia bots?

I'm not worried about the loss of jobs or the sentience of computers, but rather the incapability to discern what's real and what's not. Could online human certificates be a thing? Multi-factor authentication (that is somehow still anonymous)?

[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

I have a hard time imagining a system that can simultaneously identify someone as uniquely human while still maintaining anonymity. Any given website or person online might not know your name, but you would have to have some sort of public key that would identify you. That key would be a fingerprint that could tie all your online activity together for anyone interested.