Controversial Use of AI: Philosopher AI Generates Mixed Reddit Posts - Highlighting the Importance of Responsible AI Governance

September 1, 2020

The use of Philosopher AI, a GPT-3-powered text generator, sparked controversy when it was allegedly employed by an anonymous user on the AskReddit subreddit. This incident resulted in a blend of harmless stories, conspiracy theories, and discussions on sensitive topics. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Join us in shaping trustworthy AI and fostering safe and secure AI ecosystems.JOIN US
Alleged deployer
unknown
Alleged developer
murat-ayfer, openai
Alleged harmed parties
reddit-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/120

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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