“There are harms that are already being created,” she warned.
ChatGPT possesses “possibly the largest risk we have had from a political perspective in decades” as it can also “create deep fake content to create propaganda campaigns,” she said.
Its biases may soon find their ways into the workplace, too.
In the past, human resources utilizing similar AI to rapidly sift through resumes began to automatically disqualify female candidates for jobs, Palmer explained, adding that financial institutions have run into AI bias in regards to loan approvals as well.
Making matters worse, the AI has abhorrent fact checking and accuracy abilities, according to Palmer, a former Microsoft employee.
“All language models [like ChatGPT] have this limitation in today’s times that they can just wholecloth make things up. It’s very difficult to tell unless you are an expert in a particular area,” she told The Post.
Its something both Palmer and Hegde say Microsoft has not been open with the public about as its ChatGPT-infused Bing AI has already gone haywire with responses.
“I am concerned that the average person that is using the Bing search engine will not understand that they could be getting information that is not factual.”
Like any thing in life from Guns to Rock Music to zip ties or rat poison, it can be used for good or evil.
I’d like to see AI used to fact check claims, articles, and government statements. Identify the initial source of any report or claim. And to sort ranking those sources on credibility. Make the entire analysis on any claim including articles claiming to debunk the claim and their sources available.
Sure one PC shop owner who doesn’t have a record of lying, is probably going to be ranked lower than 50 intelligence officers claiming it’s Russian disinformation. But apply some logic which computers can do, and make both sources available to the public. When the truth comes out, down rank those 50 intelligence offices with a known falsehood.