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Criticism leveled at UK news and politicians over GenAI ignorance

A social media user criticized Channel 4 News and politician Lisa Nandy for their apparent lack of understanding regarding generative AI and large language models. The user expressed disappointment in the quality of journalism and political discourse on the topic, suggesting that politicians are generally inept when it comes to technology and are outmaneuvered by well-funded US corporations. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing an opinion about the lack of understanding of AI by a news organization and a politician, without presenting new factual information or analysis.

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Criticism leveled at UK news and politicians over GenAI ignorance

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Lewes is pronounce Lewis. Looking at you # Channel4News . And that piece about # AI with # LisaNandy . FFS you used to do some journalism. The ignorance shown a

    Lewes is pronounce Lewis. Looking at you # Channel4News . And that piece about # AI with # LisaNandy . FFS you used to do some journalism. The ignorance shown about # GenAI in journalism is shocking, only surpassed by the ignorance among politicians. But we know politicians are u…