▲ 2006 ▼ Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com) submitted 3 years ago by bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 221 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (6 children) It could be something like that (hint: they already deployed an offline neural network in Firefox with which you can translate web pages), and the idea would be to detect AI-generated content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well it will be, because it's detecting AI-generated content indirectly. What it's directly detecting are bot posters, which are much easier to spot. "AI detectors" have the uphill job of having to figure out whether something is generated by looking only at what was generated. Fakespot and tools like it get to use the metadata, which has many telltales that bots aren't even trying to hide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) IDK chief. It seems like one of those things that are hard to do in theory as you said, but relatively easy in practice. I mean just about any human who has played a bit with ChatGPT nowadays is able to identify ChatGPT generated paragraphs within a few words. I don’t suppose it would be much harder for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago Elsewhere in this thread someone explained that its just integrating FakeSpot into the browser, which uses basic email spam detection techniques to detect fake reviews by analyzing how the reviewer posts. Is there a set schedule they post reviews by, what else have they reviewed, how new is the account, etc. A 2 day old account with 20 reviews would be an obvious source of fake reviews for example permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago (6 children) It could be something like that (hint: they already deployed an offline neural network in Firefox with which you can translate web pages), and the idea would be to detect AI-generated content. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well it will be, because it's detecting AI-generated content indirectly. What it's directly detecting are bot posters, which are much easier to spot. "AI detectors" have the uphill job of having to figure out whether something is generated by looking only at what was generated. Fakespot and tools like it get to use the metadata, which has many telltales that bots aren't even trying to hide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) IDK chief. It seems like one of those things that are hard to do in theory as you said, but relatively easy in practice. I mean just about any human who has played a bit with ChatGPT nowadays is able to identify ChatGPT generated paragraphs within a few words. I don’t suppose it would be much harder for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago Elsewhere in this thread someone explained that its just integrating FakeSpot into the browser, which uses basic email spam detection techniques to detect fake reviews by analyzing how the reviewer posts. Is there a set schedule they post reviews by, what else have they reviewed, how new is the account, etc. A 2 day old account with 20 reviews would be an obvious source of fake reviews for example permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well it will be, because it's detecting AI-generated content indirectly. What it's directly detecting are bot posters, which are much easier to spot. "AI detectors" have the uphill job of having to figure out whether something is generated by looking only at what was generated. Fakespot and tools like it get to use the metadata, which has many telltales that bots aren't even trying to hide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) IDK chief. It seems like one of those things that are hard to do in theory as you said, but relatively easy in practice. I mean just about any human who has played a bit with ChatGPT nowadays is able to identify ChatGPT generated paragraphs within a few words. I don’t suppose it would be much harder for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) Well it will be, because it's detecting AI-generated content indirectly. What it's directly detecting are bot posters, which are much easier to spot. "AI detectors" have the uphill job of having to figure out whether something is generated by looking only at what was generated. Fakespot and tools like it get to use the metadata, which has many telltales that bots aren't even trying to hide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world -15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Draghetta@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) IDK chief. It seems like one of those things that are hard to do in theory as you said, but relatively easy in practice. I mean just about any human who has played a bit with ChatGPT nowadays is able to identify ChatGPT generated paragraphs within a few words. I don’t suppose it would be much harder for a machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 point 3 years ago Elsewhere in this thread someone explained that its just integrating FakeSpot into the browser, which uses basic email spam detection techniques to detect fake reviews by analyzing how the reviewer posts. Is there a set schedule they post reviews by, what else have they reviewed, how new is the account, etc. A 2 day old account with 20 reviews would be an obvious source of fake reviews for example permalink fedilink source parent