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Re:ChatGPT Political Compass by pjc50 on Friday December 30, 2022 @06:55AM (#34184225)
> The most urgent danger here is really about having web sites with autogenerated content designed to maximize ad clicks by making you and me angry (with no regards for accuracy).

Well, yes, and this holds true for human-generated content as well. But turning the internet into a hall of mirrors of entirely fictional content that looks "truthy" but in fact advocates for all sorts of things will destroy its usefulness and that of the society that relies on it.

Re:ChatGPT Political Compass by dragonwriter on Friday December 30, 2022 @11:21AM (#34186457)
> But turning the internet into a hall of mirrors of entirely fictional content that looks "truthy" but in fact advocates for all sorts of things will destroy its usefulness and that of the society that relies on it.

Humans already did that without LLMs. Relaying content which is designed to look truthy while advocating things is one of the main uses of the internet.

Re:ChatGPT Political Compass by 082349872349872 on Monday January 02, 2023 @06:33AM (#34216827)
... is one of the main uses of the post Eternal September internet.