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minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOr, you know, double-check that the quotes given to you by the experimental AI “quote extractor” tool are accurate? He is (was) their go-to AI reporter. It’s not like they handed the assignment to an intern and said “go nuts.” And the article was about AI fabricating an attack on a developer that rejected its PR.
minus-squareThomasWilliams@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThe whole point of using AI is that its a search tool and that is the verification. Otherwise there’s no point in using it. And you can guarantee Conde Nast demands journalists use AI all the time.
Or, you know, double-check that the quotes given to you by the experimental AI “quote extractor” tool are accurate?
He is (was) their go-to AI reporter. It’s not like they handed the assignment to an intern and said “go nuts.”
And the article was about AI fabricating an attack on a developer that rejected its PR.
The whole point of using AI is that its a search tool and that is the verification.
Otherwise there’s no point in using it.
And you can guarantee Conde Nast demands journalists use AI all the time.