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Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

MDN can now automatically lie to people seeking technical information · Issue #9208 · mdn/yari | MDN now providing LLM generated explainer text for code samples

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MDN can now automatically lie to people seeking technical information · Issue #9208 · mdn/yari | MDN now providing LLM generated explainer text for code samples

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Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

MDN can now automatically lie to people seeking technical information · Issue #9208 · mdn/yari

Summary MDN's new "ai explain" button on code blocks generates human-like text that may be correct by happenstance, or may contain convincing falsehoods. this is a strange decision for a technical ...

Seems pretty bad?

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They should add a warning that the results are similar to asking an overconfident inept coworker.

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