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23. Good catch

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 07:04 PM

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It shows the dangers of using AI without verification or disclosure. Even if you disclose, you should check the source before posting. I've seen Gen AI completely misstate things.

If people use AI this way, they really need to disclose it. And really, people should be disclosing sources when they share "facts" that aren't based on their knowledge.

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You've probably heard that AI chatbots can completely fabricate quotes. It happened yesterday in a DU thread. [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Thx to you & Goonch SheltieLover Friday #1

Lol for fun I asked an AI the reason for the discrepancy and gave it the passage from your post AZJonnie Friday #2

Not sure what you mean. It quoted one of my replies in that Science Fiction thread, or it quoted highplainsdem Friday #4

I mean it literally sourced from this very thread AZJonnie Friday #7

Claude is clueless. There is an actual story. I posted links about it in the earlier thread I linked to. There highplainsdem Friday #9

It's not surprising that it got confused, this entire discussion is extremely circular AZJonnie Friday #13

I would've expected any bot to at least follow the links in both threads, which would have shown that highplainsdem Friday #15

Claude would have seen this bit, in Goonch's follow-up, which said this: AZJonnie Friday #17

Interesting seeing you try to defend Claude's inane answer, when this thread links to the older thread highplainsdem Yesterday #19

I guess I am, given you don't know what the actual prompt was, yet are arbitrarily coming up with a strawman AZJonnie Yesterday #20

If there was anything close to intelligence in Claude, the highplainsdem Yesterday #21

Why must you insist it's a delusional tangent AZJonnie Yesterday #22

No, the problem using genAI is with genAI and its inherent flaws. Anyone who's ever used genAI should highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #27

And, The Chatbot Is Still Wrong ProfessorGAC Friday #3

+1. It's patent nonsense dalton99a Friday #5

I don't know about that one, Professor :) AZJonnie Friday #8

I'm Going To Say No ProfessorGAC Friday #11

Obviously I know I don't know nearly as much on this topic as you do, so I generally defer, Sir :) AZJonnie Friday #14

Pretty Much ProfessorGAC Friday #16

Can you name a movie in which one person occupied two places at the same time? Orrex 10 hrs ago #29

BTTF Is A Prime Example, Yes ProfessorGAC 7 hrs ago #33

Right, but that's not the same Marty in two places at once Orrex 7 hrs ago #34

Not Getting You ProfessorGAC 7 hrs ago #35

I think we're differing on what qualifies as the "same" person Orrex 6 hrs ago #37

Oh wait. I just caught your bit about "lack of matter available" Orrex 6 hrs ago #38

These tools don't just fabricate fiction. They fabricate citations in law and science pieces. RockRaven Friday #6

Yes. I mentioned that in the earlier thread I linked to. I've posted lots of warnings here over the last few years highplainsdem Friday #10

+1. AI is essentially a smooth-talking buzzword-spewing bullshitter with an unlimited capacity for plagiarism dalton99a Friday #12

Exactly. highplainsdem Yesterday #18

When ChatGPT became popular, people said AI systems really need to provide sources. Renew Deal Yesterday #24

Good catch Renew Deal Yesterday #23

Thanks - but I wouldn't have caught it if I hadn't already looked at a number of websites about the story so highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #25

Yikes. So how do we combat this? It's only going to get worse. Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #26

Yeah, it's getting scary. I posted something I didn't know was AI. I took it down as soon as mucifer 10 hrs ago #28

It's really bad in the political commentary video space Renew Deal 9 hrs ago #31

I suspect AI systems will be like fish farms. cachukis 9 hrs ago #30

I miss the old Google. Hell, I miss the old Alta Vista. haele 8 hrs ago #32

Anyone can make up a quote. GoCubsGo 7 hrs ago #36