Summary of Navigating the Peril Of Generated Alternative Facts: a Chatgpt-4 Fabricated Omega Variant Case As a Cautionary Tale in Medical Misinformation, by Malik Sallam et al.
Navigating the Peril of Generated Alternative Facts: A ChatGPT-4 Fabricated Omega Variant Case as a Cautionary Tale in Medical Misinformation
by Malik Sallam, Jan Egger, Rainer Roehrig, Behrus Puladi
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Computers and Society (cs.CY); Information Retrieval (cs.IR); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper examines the ease with which AI can fabricate convincing yet entirely fictional scientific data. Specifically, it showcases a purported novel SARS-CoV-2 variant, dubbed the Omega variant, featuring 31 unique mutations in the S gene region. The study demonstrates how ChatGPT-4, a large language model by OpenAI, can generate a detailed, albeit artificial, genomic analysis and contact tracing to create a compelling but entirely constructed narrative. The fabricated Omega variant features known mutations enhancing ACE2 receptor affinity, immune evasion, and antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). This exercise raises concerns about the potential for misinformation in medicine due to the ease with which AI tools like ChatGPT can generate believable yet false scientific information. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper creates a fictional COVID-19 case study using AI to demonstrate how easily fake scientific data can be created. It shows that a large language model, ChatGPT-4, can make up convincing but untrue information about a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, the Omega variant. This exercise is meant to highlight the importance of fact-checking and critical thinking in an age where AI tools are becoming more advanced. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Large language model
