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This is not like a "fundamental" AI problem; just dont feed the AI shitty data.
by reader5000 9y ago
This is not like a "fundamental" AI problem; just dont feed the AI shitty data.
- oldsj 9y agoRight but what you call "shitty data" is subjective and can easily differ based on opinion.
- reader5000 9y agoIt's really an outdated concern anyway since most AIs run in realtime and are fed data direct from clickstreams / other realtime pipelines. It's unclear what a 'biased' data source means.
- simias 9y agoLook at 4chan's successful "attacks" on chatbots: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/03/24/the-internet-turned-tay-microsofts-fun-millennial-ai-bot-into-a-genocidal-maniac/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/03... You'll be hard pressed to find a single fact that would be considered so by the entire human population. There are people who are seriously disputing that the earth is round.
- zxcmx 9y agoI think that's a good example. Yes or no, is the world "round"? Well, it's sort of a very slightly lumpy oblate spheroid... it also ties into whether we agree on what "round" means. There's a knowledge problem involved - when answering a question you really have to understand the knowledge and intent of the speaker, establish a conversational frame. The first years of university are often spent learning certain "facts" and theories, which are technically incorrect (but useful), which will be torn down and shown as approximations later. Even things that look like "hard" facts are very often a matter of perspective.
- johnny22 9y agothis isn't about it being lumpy. this is about whether it's flat.
- Analemma_ 9y agoWhat counts as "shitty data" is a subjective question; worse, it's often a political question. So "don't use shitty data" is a reductive and completely unhelpful strategy.
- reader5000 9y agoData is shitty if it's intentionally adversarial, otherwise it's fine. Problem solved.
- danharaj 9y agoIntent has no bearing on the intrinsic quality of the data.
- reader5000 9y agoSure it does. If I intentionally doctor data then it is low quality.
- danharaj 9y agoAnd what if you unintentionally doctor data?
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