Letter

In response to AI and the news: how it helps, fails, and why that matters

A simple solution

Important questions are raised in this article about the reliability of AI in putting together accurate information for an article by journalists.

There is a simple solution which I use extensively and that is to ask your questions of AI and follow that with a question as to the sources from which that information is gathered. It is then vital to double check the veracity of those sources and the way in which the information provided by those sources has been gathered and verified.

It won’t guarantee that you will get everything right, but will minimise the chance that you will get anything wrong!

— Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041