Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis
Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis
The Google device was able to deliver a detailed description of “The Nakba.”
Google is coming in for sharp criticism after video went viral of the Google Nest assistant refusing to answer basic questions about the Holocaust — but having no problem answer questions about the Nakba.
How about this: don't censor stuff.
I'm actually wondering what is censorship. Because if you are going to include every nonsense blog and asshat that has some unfounded garbage to spew, the quality of your product will potentially be garbage. So you end up with the question on what sources to include, and you probably end up with authorative sources that are regarded higher.
The issue we already see with Google search is that seo spam and generated websites that all form a large circle jerk are setup to fool the algorithm. This will be the case for llms as well. The longer they are in use the better people will understand how to game the system. And then bad actors will get these things to say whatever they want.
I don't know a solution, but my guess is that it lies in what used to happen for the encyclopedia Britannica etc.. large pools of experts that curate the underlaying sources. Like in libraries etc.
Pity we've spent the past generation or so destroying critical thinking skills and factchecks
Nah, I think the solution is simpler: multiple competing algorithms. Gaming one system is pretty easy, gaming 5 isn't. So if a search company wants to always have the top results, they need to swap between a handful of good search algorithms to keep SEO hunters at bay.
Hiring experts is certainly a good idea, but due to the sheer size of the internet, it's not going to be feasible.
As for the original discussion about censorship in search, I take it to mean intentional hiding or demotion of relevant results due to the content of those results. SEO spam isn't relevant because it's not what the customer is likely wanting, so hiding/demoting it doesn't count as censorship imo.
Would be great but it’s rampant, even here on Lemmy.
Ideally the user would be in complete control of what gets censored for them. The service should simply flag content by category and the user could selectively show/hide content.
Individual instances can and do but decentralization means everyone can spin one up with your own rules.
I bet if you looked around there be plenty of lawless absolutist instances that allow all manners of free speech but non will adhere exactly to your own moral ideals besides the one you made yourself.
Maybe it's regional or something. I'm in Sweden and my nest have no problems answering questions about the holocaust and will happily quote Wikipedia for anything you ask
The same ai that made racially diverse Nazis? Why are Google so keen on rewriting history?
Those preventing history from being taught intend to repeat it.
My google home started answering as soon as the guy on video asked. I'm in the US.