Illinois’ prominent Chicago Sun-Times newspaper has confirmed that a summer reading list, which included several recommendations for books that don’t exist, was created using artificial intelligence by a freelancer who worked with one of their content partners.
Social media posts began to circulate on Tuesday criticizing the paper for allegedly using the AI software ChatGPT to generate an article with book recommendations for the upcoming summer season called “Summer reading list for 2025”. As such chatbots are known to make up information, a phenomenon often referred to as “AI hallucination”, the article contains several fake titles attached to real authors.
“I went into my library’s database of Chicago area newspapers to confirm this isn’t fake, and it’s not,” a post on Bluesky by Book Riot editor Kelly Jensen says. “Why the hell are you using ChatGPT to make up book titles? You used to have a books staff. Absolutely no fact checking?”
"Freelancing content provider using AI", instead of "staff reporter" sounds like a recipie for utter garbage. And so it was.
I wonder, sometimes, how many people could get themselves from one place to another if they were handed a map.
A map generated by a chatbot would work for those so impaired.
ReplyDeleteIt would have a big x in the middle and where ever you go, you are there.
Why big x? It would be crowded with magas.
Eck!
Dag Nab It! Now where did that Thomas Guide git to? Guess I'll have to boot up Waze, but definitely not ChatGTP. I had it write some code once for 3d printer config files just to play around and I found it lacking. Could not fix its own simple errors. But there was no squawking about White South African immigrants noted.
ReplyDeleteOne of the required skills for a home delivery driver in the nineties was the ability to quickly and efficiently use a Thomas Guide. I lost all of mine in our last move.
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I have a 1988 edition.
DeleteMaps are GPS fault tolerant. I didn't know the Sun Times was ever that lofty
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