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It is not a search engine, but uses vast amounts of data to generate responses that appear to make sense. (https://guides.lib.uw.edu/hsl/ai#s-lg-box-30700741) |
Artificial Intelligence: Risks to Privacy and Democracy 2019 Yale JL& Tech by Karl Manheim and Lyric Kaplan |
'Thirsty' AI: Training ChatGPT Required Enough Water to Fill a Nuclear Reactor's Cooling Tower, Study Finds May 10, 2023, Gizmodo by Mack DeGeurin Environment |
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LLMs and AI are known for producing hallucinations, where the program presents and defends false information as if it were factual. Most LLMs have created citations to defend its statements, but these citations can be entirely fabricated. |
Humans Absorb Bias from AI—And Keep It Ater They Stop Using the Algorithm October 26, 2023 Scientific American by Lauren Leffer |
‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models August 2, 2023, The Guardian by Niamh Rowe Human |
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LLMs have access to knowledge up to a given date. (https://arxiv.org/html/2403.12958v2) |
AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense July 24, 2024 Nature by ElizabehtGibney |
Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers September 20, 2024, NPR by C Mandler Energy |
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LLMs' privacy policies may allow the creators to sell and profit off of your personal information. Anything you submit to an LLM may become a part of the LLM's learning corpus. |
Is Generative AI Fair Use of Copyright Works? NYT v. OpenAI February 29, 2024 Kluwer Copyright Blog by Mira T. SundaraRajan |
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone December 1, 2023 Technology Review by Melissa Heikkila Energy |
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Many LLMsare for-profit tools and by engaging with them you are adding to their learning corpus which is, at its core, unpaid labor while benefitting from the devastation of paid workers and the environment. |
Lawsuit claims Character.AI is responsible for teen's suicide October 23, 2024 NBC News by Angela Yang |
ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare. If you’ve ever posted online, you ought to be concerned February 9, 2023 The Conversation by Uri Gal Human |