Learning caution in the age of AI
China DailyLIANG LUWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Online experiment reveals public is too trusting of tech that demonstrates possibly dangerous flaws, Wang Qian reports. It was like a warning that if used for malicious purpose, such accounts could pose risks, such as manipulating public opinion and exacerbating polarization on social media," Xiang says. On Aug 5, he posted a notice on the account admitting it was an AI account and part of an experiment to see whether social media bot accounts could be identified, and warned users not to accept or trust any of the answers or opinions posted. As AI increasingly becomes a part of everyday life, Xiang's experiment proves that without labeling content as generated by AI, such accounts could infiltrate social media, posing as real humans and interacting with netizens. He emphasizes that although social media platforms like Zhihu have teams searching for AI-generated content, detection is becoming increasingly unreliable as the gap between what is considered human and artificial narrows.
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Learning caution in the age of AI
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