Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’
The Verge
Author Margaret Atwood criticizes AI for producing inaccurate information, warning that the quality of output is limited by the quality of input data.Summary
During the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival, Margaret Atwood expressed skepticism toward AI after her single experience using Anthropic’s Claude to research the series Father Brown resulted in inaccurate information. Atwood noted that the model, being a large language model rather than a conscious human, failed to synthesize accurate details from online reviews. She cautioned that reliance on AI by “opportunists” is risky because LLMs are subject to the “garbage in, garbage out” principle, meaning they are only as reliable as the data they are trained on.
(Source：The Verge)