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Half of Americans TRUST what AI says to them, but they should NOT. 🙅‍♂️ Feat. @JordanHarrod !
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💁‍♂️💁‍♀️💁 D E T A I L 💁💁‍♀️💁‍♂️
All three below are TRUE:
1. #ChatGPT and other ChatBot AI is the hot technology rn.
2. These #LargeLanguageModels don’t know anything.
3. Humans are terrible lie detectors.

These three truthfacts make AI’s overwhelming confident "speech" a kryptonite to human thinking.
The #Dunning-KrugerEffect is a psychological tool to understand cognitive bias. It says when people learn a little about a complex topic, they are over confident in their understanding. #LargeLanguageModels present this exact behavior to audiences. Not only can LLMs like ChatGPT not fact check their replies, they also have no way of knowing what they don’t know!

On top of that, most humans don’t know how AI chatbots (like ChatGPT) work, meaning our own Dunning-Kruger bias comes into play as well. Tech like ChatGPT cannot fact check itself! Here’s what you need to know.

This Dunning-Kruger Effect is AI’s Biggest problem, and ours too.

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📒📒📒 C H A P T E R S 📒📒📒
00:00 There are no AIs that can Fact Check
00:44 ChatGPT’s Dunning-Kruger Problem
1:50 What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
6:33 How does this apply to AI & ChatGPT?
7:41 Before you ask ChatGPT to write things, you should know
9:40 ChatGPT cannot Fact Check
11:18 The main takeaway from this video…
13:03 “I dream of a better world”
14:20 I have a podcast!

📕📕📕 L E A R N 📕📕📕
Cornell University’s Preprint: Extracting Training Data from AI Large Language Models (LLMs)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07805.pdf

Humans Are Pretty Lousy Lie Detectors
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-pretty-lousy-lie-detectors/

Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own
Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments (actual PDF)
https://www.avaresearch.com/files/UnskilledAndUnawareOfIt.pdf

ChatGPT is Dumber Than You Think
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-openai-artificial-intelligence-writing-ethics/672386/

Google Warns Staff about AI ChatBots
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-one-ais-biggest-backers-warns-own-staff-about-chatbots-2023-06-15/

Studies show ChatGPT cheating is on the rise among students
https://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-caught-students-cheating-chatgpt-survey-shows-2023-2

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