Why hire humans when machines can make mistakes for free
In a move that no one asked for but that we all expected from a social network famous for its questionable decisions, X (formerly known as that platform where people argue with strangers as if it were group therapy) has decided that artificial intelligence can write its Community Notes. Yes, those notes that were supposed to clarify information but sometimes ended up being as confusing as an IKEA manual translated by Google.
“Humans are still in charge,” they say… while crossing their fingers
According to the official statement — which sounds more like a Black Mirror script thrown out for being too obvious — AI will now be able to generate notes “useful for people with different perspectives.” In other words, the same thing that humans promised, but with fewer coffee breaks and zero risk of complaining about burnout. Of course, the company insists that “humans are still in charge,” a phrase that historically precedes scenes of robots taking control (see: all science fiction).
X’s automated evaluator will judge whether AI’s notes are “topic,” which in Christian means: “we hope they don’t write about kittens when the topic is taxes.” Of course, the notes will carry transparency labels… because nothing says “trustworthy” like a stamp that says “this was written by an algorithm that still doesn’t know why people fight over avocado in tacos.”
Best of all: AIs will only write where users ask for it. Can you imagine? People voluntarily asking a machine to explain things to them. Ironies aside, the plan is to start with a select group of robotic writers at the end of the month. Shall we bet how long it will take them to generate their first controversy?
The future is today (and it comes with code errors)
X promises that this will make the notes “less biased and more accurate.” Of course, because if there is something that characterizes AI, it is its legendary impartiality (no one ever said). Of course, the platform ensures that the artificial notes will follow the same standards as the human ones… which, considering the history of the social network, we do not know if it is a praise or a warning.
Meanwhile, users can sign up for the pilot to train their own AIs. Does the idea excite you? Or would you rather wait for a bot to explain why your meme was flagged as “questionable information”?
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