@stephenfry @neilhimself Generally yes. It would be...

It would be more fun if Neil hadn't boosted misinformation about the platform from someone speaking with an authority they don't hold.

I was very disappointed to see that, I'd hoped we'd left 'popular accounts not fact checking things' before giving them air back on the bird.

Like 17 Nov 2022 at 20:27 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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@PeaEyeEnnKay

Can you clarify what, if any, misinformation was boosted?

17 Nov 2022 at 21:06 | Open on mas.to

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@UrsaAshBear He boosted a post about an AI here censoring a painting thumbnail.

The most we can say about it is the image has been marked as "sensitive" and so the thumbnail shows as blurred.

There may have been many reasons for it being marked so (someone reported it to an admin, an admin saw it, it contravened some server's rules and a request was made), but here AI is not the most likely answer and there is no way the original poster could know it is an AI that has done that.

17 Nov 2022 at 22:23 | Open on mastodon.social

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@UrsaAshBear Opening a discussion about AI's and their use, cool.

Asking a question whether this was an AI that did it? Cool.

Stating factually that an AI has censored a painting when you have no idea if that is the case. Not cool.

17 Nov 2022 at 22:30 | Open on mastodon.social