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My statement was that AI can be used unmask the individuals that have been redacted. AKA they are anonymized. This paper is all about de-anonomyzing.
I'm unclear on if we're having a good faith conversation because I thought that would have been very clear from the beginning.
You said: I’m suggesting that AI can’t do what is claimed or that people with something to prove are not interested in proving something.
You're also saying: My statement was that AI can be used unmask the individuals that have been redacted. AKA they are anonymized. This paper is all about de-anonomyzing.
I can't make sense of what you are trying to say.
Did you see the "or" in my first statement?
I still can't make sense of what you are trying to say.
I set up two different, not necessarily exclusive, options. Either it can't do what they say or it can. If it can't then that's one issue. If it can then the people with something to prove aren't stepping up to show us its potential. There could be multiple motivations behind that. But as it stands right now we just know that it's not being used to do what they claim.
Wait. How do we know this? Besides, these researchers show that it is possible, not that it is established practice.
What is going on here? Something isn't right about this conversation. We should not be this confused and talking past each other.
True or false: there has been no release by an AI company or anyone using AI to unmask the individuals obscured in the Epstein files.
I doubt a reputable company would do that, except in cooperation with the authorities. Some people have used AI in an attempt to do that, but I'm not familiar with the details.
I don't really understand what you expect from who and why.
Can you state my position to me in terms I would agree with?
Probably not.
I don't know what AI companies you mean here. From context, I'm guessing that you don't mean the likes of Anthropic, but rather companies that do sleuthing on the net, like those firms that look for copyright or trademark violations. I'm not familiar with that industry and don't know their marketing material. Maybe that's the problem.
I don't know what claims they make, or how it relates to the Epstein files, or OP.