alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agoAI Is Writing Books About Foraging. What Could Go Wrong?civileats.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkAI Is Writing Books About Foraging. What Could Go Wrong?civileats.comalyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaredavehtaylor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·9 months agoHorrific painful death from liver failure when the books lead people to eat the wrong mushrooms Destruction of ecosystems by people unfamiliar with how to responsibly forage Flooding of wrong and plagiarized information, drowning out experts and actual real, correct information There’s literally no positive side of this. At all.
minus-squareBaggins@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoDarwin awards will benefit - if that’s the right term.
minus-squareGnugit@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 months agoI feel for the smart kids or eagar adults that want to learn and get caught up in this. Darwin awards is a little harsh and I am a huge Darwin awards fan myself.
minus-squareBaggins@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoI see your point, but anyone with an ounce of intelligence will steer well clear of these. That said, Amazon should be held responsible for deliberately promoting false and dangerous information.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHow is this related to the Darwin awards, if you’re just getting fooled by a book that you thought was trustworthy?
minus-squareBaggins@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoTrusting Amazon’s AI produced books.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoI guess it depends how obvious it is that they’re AI-generated
minus-squareBaggins@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoTrue. Does it not say or does it even give a fictitious author? Amazon should be held accountable if that’s the case.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAmazon should be held accountable for a lot of things, let’s face it…
Horrific painful death from liver failure when the books lead people to eat the wrong mushrooms
Destruction of ecosystems by people unfamiliar with how to responsibly forage
Flooding of wrong and plagiarized information, drowning out experts and actual real, correct information
There’s literally no positive side of this. At all.
Darwin awards will benefit - if that’s the right term.
I feel for the smart kids or eagar adults that want to learn and get caught up in this.
Darwin awards is a little harsh and I am a huge Darwin awards fan myself.
I see your point, but anyone with an ounce of intelligence will steer well clear of these.
That said, Amazon should be held responsible for deliberately promoting false and dangerous information.
How is this related to the Darwin awards, if you’re just getting fooled by a book that you thought was trustworthy?
Trusting Amazon’s AI produced books.
I guess it depends how obvious it is that they’re AI-generated
True. Does it not say or does it even give a fictitious author? Amazon should be held accountable if that’s the case.
Amazon should be held accountable for a lot of things, let’s face it…