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giantg2 ◴[22 Oct 25 16:06 UTC] No.45671249[source]▶

"AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"

How does that compare to the number for reporters? I feel like half the time I read or hear a report on a subject I know the reporter misrepresented something.

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latexr ◴[22 Oct 25 16:50 UTC] No.45671864[source]▶

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That’s whataboutism and doesn’t address the criticism or the problem. If a reporter misrepresents a subject, intentionally or accidentally, it doesn’t make it OK for a tool to then misrepresent it further, mangling both was correct and what was incorrect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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1. giantg2 ◴[22 Oct 25 17:21 UTC] No.45672272[source]▶

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It's not whataboutism because I'm not using it to undermine the argument. It's a legitimate question to gauge the potential impact of an AI misrepresenting news. Assessing impact is part of determining corrective action and prioritization.

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