Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don't exist

[Allan]

Oops. Someone used AI to put together a summer reading list. AI is known for occasional errors (known as hallucinations) and this happened...

Good luck picking up the books on an unofficial summer reading list from the Chicago Sun-Times.

That's because, while the authors may be real, the books don't actually exist. And the Chicago Sun-Times is being roasted online for publishing the AI-generated list. The paper initially couldn't explain how the piece was published.

It was a full page too...



Twitter is having fun with it...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chicago-sun-times-ai-book-list-1.7539016

 

[ElChupacabra]

Good lord. Are there still people out there who think AI tools are accurate enough to entrust with everything?

 

[Allan]

Good lord. Are there still people out there who think AI tools are accurate enough to entrust with everything?

I can't wait for the day someone relies on ChatGPT to write a neurosurgery textbook or pilot training manual

 

[ASHES]

I can't wait for the day someone relies on ChatGPT to write a neurosurgery textbook or pilot training manual

They've busted a few lawyers getting lazy with made up laws and citations.

 

[Hamish Howl]

You know what's funny? Companies are trying to use AI to run manufacturing plants. In my industry.

Sometimes I laugh until I can't stop screaming.