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LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy (arstechnica.com)
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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My statement was that AI can be used unmask the individuals that have been redacted. AKA they are anonymized. This paper is all about de-anonomyzing.

I'm unclear on if we're having a good faith conversation because I thought that would have been very clear from the beginning.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You said: I’m suggesting that AI can’t do what is claimed or that people with something to prove are not interested in proving something.

You're also saying: My statement was that AI can be used unmask the individuals that have been redacted. AKA they are anonymized. This paper is all about de-anonomyzing.

I can't make sense of what you are trying to say.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Did you see the "or" in my first statement?

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I still can't make sense of what you are trying to say.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I set up two different, not necessarily exclusive, options. Either it can't do what they say or it can. If it can't then that's one issue. If it can then the people with something to prove aren't stepping up to show us its potential. There could be multiple motivations behind that. But as it stands right now we just know that it's not being used to do what they claim.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But as it stands right now we just know that it’s not being used to do what they claim.

Wait. How do we know this? Besides, these researchers show that it is possible, not that it is established practice.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What is going on here? Something isn't right about this conversation. We should not be this confused and talking past each other.

True or false: there has been no release by an AI company or anyone using AI to unmask the individuals obscured in the Epstein files.