He wrote checksum verifier for ISBN and discovered AI generated content on Wikipedia with hallucinated sources. He used Claude to write the checksum verifier and the irony is not lost on him. He tracked down those who submitted the fake articles and determined many are doing so out of a misplaced desire to help, without an understanding of the limitations and pitfalls of using LLM gen content without verification.
TL;DW:
He wrote checksum verifier for ISBN and discovered AI generated content on Wikipedia with hallucinated sources. He used Claude to write the checksum verifier and the irony is not lost on him. He tracked down those who submitted the fake articles and determined many are doing so out of a misplaced desire to help, without an understanding of the limitations and pitfalls of using LLM gen content without verification.