For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, AI is a double-edged sword. It can be a fabulous.......

[usaf-vet]

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...... assistant when you are trying to deal with large amounts of data or just plain research on a topic you are interested in.

But it can also be used to TRICK people into believing made-up stories. "News" stories that fill the page of once legitimate news sources.

If you haven't noticed yet, it is starting to creep onto these pages.

If left to inadequate filtering and editing, it will take over once useful news sources until they are gone.

Don't say you weren't warned. See "George Will" on the front page. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221023006

George Will and Rachel Maddow are two key news figures I have seen used in AI-generated news stories.

[FakeNoose]

1. Next time please post a screenshot, because it has been deleted already

Linking to the post doesn't help because I wasn't on DU until after it was already gone.....

[ThreeNoSeep]

2. Disclosure of use is the interim ethical use

Until we figure longer-term consequences out, disclosure of AI use is the short term response. A reference statement in a document indicating the AI used, date (range?) and description of scope and usage. For example. Disclosure -This email composed by ChatGPT and edited or revised by Jane Smith on February 15.
Or
Disclosure - Mike Smith composed this article with research and editorial assistance by Claude, Oct. 12 - Feb. 24. All words are the author's own work.

Not a solution to the anxieties and bad faith use, but perhaps an example of the intent for ethical users.

[LudwigPastorius]

3. The internet has gone from a generally reliable utility in its first few decades, to a firehose of garbage.

AI is making it so that almost all information is untrustworthy.

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. I hate to tell you.

But, it became 'a firehose of garbage' within the first three years of its existence.