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
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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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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