noyb today filed a complaint against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI with the Austrian DPA

It’s clear that companies are currently unable to make chatbots like ChatGPT comply with EU law, when processing data about individuals. If a system cannot produce accurate and transparent results, it cannot be used to generate data about individuals. The technology has to follow the legal requirements, not the other way around.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    71·
    8 months ago

    I have an unusual name. There is one other person in the U.S. with my name and there is something even more unique about them. I typed “Tell me about [MY NAME].” into ChatGPT, including my middle initial just to be sure and got this back:

    [MY NAME] is an American entrepreneur, author, and business consultant known for his expertise in marketing and business strategy. He has authored several books on entrepreneurship, marketing, and personal development, aiming to empower individuals to achieve success in their ventures.

    [MY NAME] is recognized for his practical approach to business growth and his ability to simplify complex concepts into actionable steps. He often emphasizes the importance of innovation, adaptability, and effective communication in building successful businesses.

    While specific details may vary depending on recent developments, [MY NAME]'s work typically revolves around helping entrepreneurs and small business owners navigate the challenges of starting and growing their ventures in today’s competitive market landscape. His insights and strategies often focus on leveraging technology, understanding consumer behavior, and developing effective branding and marketing strategies.

    [MY NAME] may also engage in public speaking engagements, workshops, and consulting services to share his knowledge and insights with a wider audience. His work likely continues to inspire and empower aspiring entrepreneurs and business professionals to pursue their goals with confidence and determination.

    Not one bit of that is true either for me or for the other person who shares my first and last name but not my middle initial.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      8 months ago

      This is the problem with training LLMs on Reddit. It doesn’t know how to say “I don’t know”. So, like Redditors…. It just makes shit up.

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        47·
        8 months ago

        It’s not that it doesn’t know how to say “I don’t know”. It simply doesn’t know. Period. LLMs are not sentient and they don’t think about the questions they are asked, let alone if the answer they provide is correct. They string words together. That’s all. That we’ve gotten those strings of words to strongly resemble coherent text is very impressive, but it doesn’t make the program intelligent in the slightest.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          12·
          8 months ago

          What amazes me is that people don’t find it significant that they don’t ask questions. I would argue there is no such thing as intelligence without curiosity.

          • reev@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            What do you even mean with that? Pi asks questions and certainly feels curious and engaged in conversation. Even chatgpt will ask for more information if it doesn’t find the requested information in, for example, an Excel spreadsheet you upload.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        8 months ago

        They’re trained on far more than reddit. But it’s not a training data problem, it’s a wrong tool problem. It’s called “generative AI” for a reason: it generates text, same way a Markov chain does. You want it to tell you something, it’ll tell you. You want factual data, don’t ask a storyteller.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        18·
        8 months ago

        What I think is especially funny though is that both the other person and myself have done enough (not horrific) things in our lives to have things like mainstream media mentions but it still got it entirely wrong.

        I’m not famous but it definitely should have known who I am.

      • Eranziel@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        If an LLM had to say “I don’t know” when it doesn’t know, that’s all it would be allowed to say! They literally don’t know anything. They don’t even know what knowing means. They are complex (and impressive, admittedly) text generators.

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      I congratulate you, and think you should be proud of overcoming your inherent invertebrate self, to not only be a prolific poster on Lemmy, but also to be an entrepreneur, author, and business consultant.

      Truly you are one in a squidillion.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        4·
        8 months ago

        In the sense that it would bring them down if they found out that I couldn’t spend money on their business because I’m not working? I suppose.

    • MagicShel@programming.dev
      2·
      8 months ago

      I just checked and someone by my unusual name apparently retired in 1986 after a storied career. I was in about 8th grade. When I provided more particulars, it just said I’m too obscure. Which isn’t terribly surprising. I should turn up on searches, but I’m a fairly private person and avoid any sort of publicity.

      I couldn’t find any specific information about a [redacted] born in [redacted]. It’s possible there may be limited public information available about this individual. If you have any additional details or context that could help narrow down the search, please let me know!

      That being said, it was running Bing searches on me so that’s probably on the search engine and not the AI.

      I did run into someone with my exact same name and married to a woman with my wife’s first name at an out of state niche conference of maybe 300 people. It caused quite a bit of confusion with the hotel booking. That was surreal because it was the first time ever running into someone with my last name that wasn’t family. Anyway, apparently both of us are completely off the radar, which is good because I’d hate for him to have turned into a career criminal or something.