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LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Today I asked AI to tell me which phone providers were available short by price and offers and it lied all the time, when I pointed it the AI corrected most of it but also removed some that were accurate for some reason.

It would have been quicker if I did that myself instead of ask AI, oh also didn't provide all companies.

Maybe those companies have better AI that can make no mistakes but I doubt it, I think the LLMs will lie and no one has time to check if they are correct.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

AI info is never up to date. What where you expecting?

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

How come it ended up giving me the right answer albeit removing some previous right answers then? (removed a few companies for some reason)

Anyway that was a small and easy to check misinformation but if they have over 3 decades of online informational about me noway a person is going to confirm the LLM didn't bullshit it's way to an answer to satisfy the human.

[–] madmantis24@lemmy.wtf 3 points 10 hours ago

These models aren't going to produce accurate information about the people they investigate, and it won't even matter if it's accurate. What "matters" is that their reports will add new layers of the facade of legitimacy to whatever story the authorities using them want to construct