• @Stovetop
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    21 days ago

    I think the part that concerns me most is how the Washington Post and Politico were sourcing (as in, citing as reference) this AI-riddled site in their articles, which contained stolen content from those very sites in the first place.

    The race to publish is causing hallucinations even in human-written content because no one can be bothered to fact check anymore, not even news publishers themselves.

    • @bassomitron
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      1920 days ago

      The circular sourcing problem has been going on for a long time, but the modern internet has amplified it to levels of extreme absurdity. There isn’t a solution because humans are inherently lazy and fact checking requires effort. When the majority of your consumer base doesn’t care, then there’s no financial incentive to care on the part of the publishers. Maybe I’m being too nihilistic, but that’s how I see it these days.

      • @LemmyKnowsBest
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        620 days ago

        College students are required to cite everything and no plagiarism or bullshitting allowed, and everything must be spelled correctly.

        as soon as they graduate, they go into journalism and all those rules fly out the window. apparently.

        • @[email protected]
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          319 days ago

          Yeah, this doesn’t even seem that difficult of a problem. Students can do it, so why can’t journalists?

    • El Barto
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      520 days ago

      No such thing as “hallucinations” in human-ridden content.

      That’s called incompetence and negligence.

        • El Barto
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          220 days ago

          Haha understood! But I’m talking about news writing. Unless you’re implying that some reporters use LSD while writing? :)