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Fictional "Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology" has infected Google's search AI (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47074737

Spotted in the wild:

Paper from JABDE:

Credit goes to u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan for the original post

https://jabde.com/

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[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The JABDE? They missed an opportunity there. Should've named it the Journal of Astrobiological Big Bio Assays.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I can't find much information on B. McGraw — does anyone have more information on them? I think it would be interesting to look at what else they've done.

[+] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world -45 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That means it's infected EVERYBODY's searches. And everybody is cheering, as if peeing in the pool is ethically pure behavior now. Or do people not understand that AI uses the exact same data we do?

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You seem like the kind of person that goes to other people's houses uninvited just to complain about their lawn being unkempt.

[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 8 points 4 days ago

I'm totally cheering. And I'll gladly spray piss around if its going to get soaked up by somebody without the wherewithal to figure out that its piss.
Your various points are ... pointless. Nobody feels bad for the AI scrapers. Or the people who click the first AI result on Google. If you are just first picking this up, then pay attention.

[-] Jiral@lemmy.org 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Human created data poisining is low volume and easily spotted. AI slop is high volume and actions like this one make it easier to spot and discard.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Right were going to take issue with this and not all the AI generated slop that AI is recursively training itself on?

[-] Nofearfrontier@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Google bot

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago

Tbf it often gets things wrong and has hallucinations already, and while that is still there in traditional searches AI removes it from it's context and puts it right at the top of the results, where it insinuates that it is the most accurate results.

This highlights the issue quite well imo, it's easier for a human to understand satire or nuance or context or when to take X with a grain of salt depending on the source and other context clues than it is for a lowly machine to do the same, and when the machine fails at the distinction and pushes false things as truth devoid of (or even with slightly obfuscated) context and by the way it does it while it pretends to be human itself, it makes it easier for the human to just accept it as fact. Should they? Of course not, but currently it seems to be an issue and whether you hate AI or love AI bringing attention to this issue (in a hilarious way no less) can only be a good thing.