Why AI Still Can't Be Trusted ...And Neither Can We
The FAIK Files
Rethinking AI: Misconceptions and Realities
This chapter explores the complexities of AI systems, focusing on large language models and their limitations in mimicking human thought. It emphasizes the need for robust reasoning models and encourages a critical assessment of AI capabilities, underscoring the disconnect between technical creators and public perception.
Welcome back to the FAIK Files!
In this episode, we take a look at China's groundbreaking (yet controversial) requirement to label all AI-generated content. We also explore some unsettling experiments that show just how it is to manipulate an AI system's biases and opinions. Plus -- is reliance on AI making us dumber? And our AI Dumpster Fire of the week is all about how AI-powered search engines keep confidently serving up misinformation, broken links, and outright lies.
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
China's New AI Data Labeling Requirement
- Tom's Hardware -- China will enforce clear flagging of all AI generated content starting from September: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/china-will-enforce-clear-flagging-of-all-ai-generated-content-starting-from-september
- Futurism -- All AI-Generated Material Must Be Labeled Online, China Announces: https://futurism.com/ai-generated-material-labeled-china
Changing the Opinions of LLMs:
- Kevin Roose experiment: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/technology/ai-chatbot-chatgpt-manipulation.html
- NewsGard research: https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
Is Easy Access to AI killing our ability to think?
- Vox -- The case for using your brain — even if AI can think for you: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/403100/ai-brain-effects-technology-phones
- Technology Connections -- Algorithms are breaking how we think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA
Dumpster Fire of the Week: AI Search Can't be Trusted (... at least not yet)
- Colombia Journalism Review -- AI Search Has a Citation Problem: https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php
- Ars Technica -- AI search engines cite incorrect news sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-search-engines-give-incorrect-answers-at-an-alarming-60-rate-study-says/
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About The FAIK Files:
The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions.
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