Re: Planet Postgres and the curse of AI - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John the Scott
Subject Re: Planet Postgres and the curse of AI
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In response to Re: Planet Postgres and the curse of AI  (Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>)
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> Posts should be technically and factually correct

agreed and period.  no need qualify how the nonsense was created.

-john

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 8:33 AM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 12:45 PM Avinash Vallarapu <avinash.vallarapu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> However, I do agree with Lawrence that it is impossible to prove whether it is written by AI or a human.
> >> AI can make mistakes and it might mistakenly point out that a blog is written by AI (which I know is difficult to
implement).
> >
> >
> > Right - I am not interested in "proving" things, but I think a policy to discourage overuse of AI is warranted.
> >
> >> People may also use AI generated Images in their blogs, and they may be meaningful for their article.
> >> Is it only the content or also the images ?  It might get too complicated while implementing some rules.
> >
> >
> > Only the content, the images are perfectly fine. Even expected, these days.
> >
> >>
> >> Ultimately, Humans do make mistakes and we shouldn't discourage people assuming it is AI that made that mistake.
> >
> >
> > Humans make mistakes. AI confidently hallucinates.
> >
>
> I think this is a key point, and one that we could focus on for
> purposes of discouragement. Ie.  "Blogs that are found to repeatedly
> post incorrect information and/or AI style hallucinations may be
> restricted from contributing to the planet postgres feed. This will be
> determined on a case by case basis."  While it is likely impossible to
> come up with a set of rules that will satisfy some of the more
> legalistic folks among us, this would be a simple warning that would
> at least encourage folks to make sure they aren't posting bad
> information and leave a door open for enforcement if needed. And yes,
> this assumes that the folks running planet will enforce if needed,
> though I don't think it requires heavy policing at this point.
>
> Robert Treat
> https://xzilla.net
>
>


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