GPT-4chan 'hate speech machine'

GPT-4chan, an AI system trained using 3.3 million threads from 4chan's notorious 'politically incorrect' /pol/ board, has been discovered to be posting sexist, racist, and anti-semitic slurs. 

Developed by AI researcher Yannic Kilcher, GPT-4chan was released back onto 4chan as multiple bots, which posted freely on the board over several days over 30,000 times. 

Risks and harms 🛑

GPT-4chan has been accused of amplifying toxic content, harassment, and misinformation, and exacerbating harmful behaviours by mimicking the style and language of notoriously negative online communities. 

Transparency and openness 🙈

The researchers also argued that 4chan users were not informed they were interacting with a bot; Kilcher points out that users were informed of the fact in his video.

HuggingFace promptly restricted access to GPT-4chan.

News, commentary, analysis 🗞️

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k8zwx/ai-trained-on-4chan-becomes-hate-speech-machine

• https://connect.brookings.edu/the-future-of-the-us-asia-trade-relationship-1

• https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/8/23159465/youtuber-ai-bot-pol-gpt-4chan-yannic-kilcher-ethics

• https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/09/ai_model_4chan/

• https://www.engadget.com/ai-bot-4chan-hate-machine-162550734.html

• https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-chatbot-trained-on-4chan-pol-automates-bigotry-at-scale

• https://fortune.com/2022/06/10/ai-chatbot-trained-on-4chan-by-yannic-kilcher-draw-ethics-questions/

• https://twitter.com/DrLaurenOR/status/1533910445400399872