Nearly half of young people trust AI over a human for fact-checking, report says

Nearly half of young people trust AI over a human for fact-checking, report says news.sky.com

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ChrisRR9 days ago

If the AI is drawing from multiple sources, I can understand the logic

gonzalohm9 days ago

AI is also controlled by a company with interests. It's not going to be long until it starts spitting propaganda

eqvinox9 days ago

Why does this article not have its author(s) listed?

erelong9 days ago

Kind of doesn't say or mean anything

Imagine in contrast an assertion that half of young people would trust a random human off the street for fact-checking (you'd have no idea if they have reliable abilities)

simianwords9 days ago

As it should be. The average person believes in wild conspiracy theories. Ai keeps people grounded.

gonzalohm9 days ago

I hope that's a joke. You are saying that AI, which is known to have hallucinations and is controlled by a company with interests keeps people grounded?

Comparing sources and availability of information is what keeps people grounding. AI is going in the opposite direction

simianwords9 days ago

I don't get hallucinations. Can you give me an example where it gives clearly wrong answers? No toy examples please

jjjee9 days ago

He’s well known for slop posting.

verdverm9 days ago

Ai's will believe in anything too, requires only a touch of text

simianwords9 days ago

I use Claude and it really doesn’t. Can you show me an example of how it believes in anything?

maxglute8 days ago

More correct to say there is a way to keep AI more grounded, you can ask AI for counter factuals, pushback, reevaluate, verify etc... most people can't/won't do that. There needs to be more AI literacy, but it sure as hell beats dealing with humans.

nephihaha9 days ago

The average person obeys whoever is in charge and believes whatever they're told by them. Power means authenticity for them.

AuthAuth9 days ago

The average person is anti establishment for no logical reason

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