Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Episode 33: Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception', May 20 2024

Jun 5, 2024

Machine learning researcher Margaret Mitchell joins the hosts to discuss 'AI deception', critiquing the misleading framing of AI systems, the risks of advanced AI capabilities, and ethical considerations in AI email communication. They also explore the impact of AI-generated text on human interactions and legal risks in using AI tools for employee handbooks.

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Episode guests

Margaret Mitchell

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Ethical concerns arise over AI training on internet images without consent.

Criticism of study claiming AI is more creative due to task formats and bias.

AI-generated employee handbooks pose legal risks with errors and inaccuracies.

Deep dives

Adobe's Firefly AI trained on non-consented images from the internet

Adobe's Firefly AI claimed to be ethical, yet was trained on images from the internet without explicit consent, raising concerns over data source ethics.

Deception in AI Training Data

00:24

Cultural Control Over AI Evolution

00:37

Intro

2min

AI Deception: Concerns and Critiques

7min

AI Deception and Smarter Systems

18min

Analyzing AI Deception and Unfaithful Reasoning in Language Models

16min

Ethical Considerations and Risks of AI in Email Communication with State Legislatures

11min

Analyzing Human Creativity and a Critique of an Apple Ad

2min

AI-Generated Employee Handbooks and Legal Risks

2min

Exploring AI Deception and the Impact on Human Interactions

2min

Will the LLMs somehow become so advanced that they learn to lie to us in order to achieve their own ends? It's the stuff of science fiction, and in science fiction these claims should remain. Emily and guest host Margaret Mitchell, machine learning researcher and chief ethics scientist at HuggingFace, break down why 'AI deception' is firmly a feature of human hype.

Reference:

Patterns: "AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions"

Fresh AI Hell:

Adobe's 'ethical' image generator is still pulling from copyrighted material

Apple advertising hell: vivid depiction of tech crushing creativity, as if it were good

"AI is more creative than 99% of people"

AI generated employee handbooks causing chaos

Bumble CEO: Let AI 'concierge' do your dating for you.

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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Episode 33: Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception', May 20 2024

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Adobe's Firefly AI trained on non-consented images from the internet

Claim that AI is more creative than 99% of people challenged

Apple's destructive ad provokes criticism for symbolic destruction of creativity

AI-generated employee handbooks cause issues for companies

Bumble's introduction of AI dating concierge raises concerns about human connection

Deception in AI Training Data

Cultural Control Over AI Evolution

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