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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by bluGill on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:46PM (#28557335)
what I really want is a true AI to search through all that and figure out the useful truth. I don't know how to do this (and of course whoever writes the AI needs to be unbiased...)
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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by idiotsecant on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:05PM (#28560756)
>whoever writes the AI needs to be unbiased...)

I'm not sure the idea of a sentient being not having a bias is meaningful. Reality, once you get past the trivial bits, is subjective.

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by jimbokun on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:17AM (#28566439)
Isn't there a fundamental ML postulate that learning without bias is impossible?

Maybe not the same kind of bias we think of in terms of politics and such, but I wonder if there's a connection.

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by bluGill on Friday September 17, 2021 @09:01AM (#28564958)
I didn't say the AI should be unbiased, just whoever writes it.

I want an AI that is biased to the truth when there is an objective one, and my tastes otherwise. (that is when asked to find a good book it should give me fantasy even though romance is the most popular genre and so will have better reviews)

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by hnick on Thursday September 16, 2021 @09:31PM (#28560098)
I think that is the goal, it's just what we currently have is an AI that's like a naive child who is easily tricked and distracted by clickbait.
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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by Dah00n on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:03AM (#28563361)
>an AI that's <snip> easily tricked and distracted by clickbait.

So, AIs are actually on par with most adults now? (Sorry)

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