Philosophy AI Allegedly Used To Generate Mixture of Innocent and Harmful Reddit Posts

September 1, 2020

The use of Philosopher AI, a GPT-3-powered text generator, was allegedly misused anonymously on the AskReddit subreddit. The posts generated by this AI ranged from harmless stories to conspiracy theories and sensitive discussions. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance, trustworthy AI practices, and safe and secure AI use in preventing such harm.

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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

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