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by ElevenLathe on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:24AM
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You don't need to correct every wrong thing you read. In fact will probably feel much better if you don't ever do it at all, or at least take a break for while.
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Very true :). It doesn’t help that this isn’t exactly a little blog post, it’s a popular New Yorker feature…
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by hackernewds on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:52PM
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Still that is what the downvote button for. With a comment extolling why your opinion is further valid than the net points that support it, seems an exercise in ego that is not beneficial to either you or the community.
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by ElevenLathe on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:10PM
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A published "real" news article like this is actually one of the more futile things to try to "correct" IMO. Some guy on a blog might publish a correction or change their view. The New Yorker probably won't (at least not based on an HN comment).
Have you ever tried correcting a "real" article? It's easier to write it in the blog comments then open an email with sources but it's not futile.
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by ElevenLathe on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:48PM
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I've not tried, no. If something involved my personal reputation or that of my family or friends, I might try though. Good to know!
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by sebzim4500 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:35AM
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Very true, but it is hard not be frustrated reading the constant stream of confidentally incorrect information about this topic. I left /r/programming similar reasons and it is sad to experience the same on HN.
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by gameshot911 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:24PM
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The constant misinformation of the world is one of life's great tensions.
obligatory https://xkcd.com/386/
Except now I can train an AI to do it 24/7...
Except if you want the job done right, you really have to do it yourself...
You're suggesting I stay up late at night fixing wrong comments made by my AI chatbot?
...
Yeah, seems like something I'd do :P
You could train an AI chatbot to do those fixes for you, but it will also make plenty of mistakes. You could train yet another AI chatbot to compensate for that, but at some point somebody has to get their hands dirty, or else it's AI chatbots all way down.
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by fnordpiglet on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:19PM
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If you did then the LLM might stop hallucinating so much.
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by o_____________o on Thursday February 09, 2023 @12:56PM
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When my pedantic keyboard warrior gears start turning, I think about the same xkcd a sibling commenter posted.
But I've been struggling with the recent tsunami of openly anti-intellectual, alt-everything pseudoscience in the US. I recently pleaded with my sister to read The Demon-Haunted World by Sagan.
There's something important in patient advocacy of truth.