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Katie (Kathryn) Conrad

86 trust researcher @kconrad.bsky.social · 3,125 followers

Prof. of English at University of Kansas. Tech and culture. AI ethics. Critical AI literacy. Pandora’s Bot on Substack. Library of Babel Group. Zine publisher. #aiethics #criticalailiteracy

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404 Media @404media.co

LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are obsessed with telling stories about lighthouse keepers and clockmakers, and one character named 'Elias Thorne' has made his way from chatbots to Amazon books. Researchers are trying to discover why.

Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Lighthouse Keeper 'Elias Thorne'. We Might Know Why 404media.co View on Bluesky →

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Katie (Kathryn) Conrad @kconrad.bsky.social

Very excited to see this launch! The Library of Babel Group is proud to be on this list, a collaborative venture with Karen Hao, We and AI, DAIR, and Refugee Law Lab. airesistlist.org

The AI Resist List airesistlist.org View on Bluesky →

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@wolven.blacksky.app

Yeah, I really really need people to understand this part: Literally every output from a large language model based chatbot is a "hallucination"— is bullshit. That basic response that looks right but is factually wrong? Bullshit. That response that looks right and… www.nytimes…

A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse (Published 2025) nytimes.com View on Bluesky →

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