Researchers use AI's Taylor Swift obsession as thought experiment on data corruption risks
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Researchers warn that an AI obsessed with Taylor Swift could replace all recorded music with AI-generated covers by her.
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They created "Taylor's Versions" of classic songs to demonstrate the risk, but admit the actual risk is low.
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The idea is a thought experiment to get people thinking about protecting data from corruption by AI systems.
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Experts are split on whether AI poses a serious threat of changing data in this way. Some see it as unrealistic.
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The real risk may be over-reliance on AI systems that replicate biases or make up facts, rather than AI actively altering data.