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 #InformationPollution #AIgarbage

I did a thread a bit ago on AI as pollution, & how it would be weaponized for disinformation, but I still haven’t managed Mastodon searching successfully.

I’ve seen a bunch of examples popping up. So anyway here’s another one.

“we may see people use Al-generated content to intentionally manipulate search results…“You're going to increasingly see inaccuracies [that can be] wielded without that much computer savvy,” Tripodi says”

https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/

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