[LOGOS] Trustnet

[Emiliano De Cristofaro]

It somewhat reminds me of Web of Trust and similar initiatives we've been
playing with for while, with not-so-encouraging results. Alas, long term,
people become desensitized, mislabel as misinformation things they don't
agree with, etc...

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Prof. Emiliano De Cristofaro
Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
https://emilianodc.com


On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 7:21 AM Richard Carpiano via LOGOS <
logos at lists.ucr.edu> wrote:

> Didn't have a chance to check out the study in detail, Indeed, really
> problematic evaluation of it.
>
> That was detailed in the original article through which I found the one I
> sent you all and didn't read through because I got pulled into the MIT
> press release.
>
> Here is that broader article...
> https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2024/06/22/online-misinformation-tools/stories/202406230019
>
>
> it gets into the many downsides but also discusses this:
>
> "Althoff and fellow researchers Xinyi Zhou, Ashish Sharma and Amy Zhang
> created a program similar to Trustnet but with an emphasis on using AI to
> detect misinformation. Althoff said it’s complementary to Trustnet.
>
> Called MUSE, the tool detected misinformation and provided accurate
> corrections to online statements better than ChatGTP 4 and the highest
> rated fact checkers on Community Notes. An academic paper on MUSE
> <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.11169> is currently under review for
> publication, said Althoff."
>
> MUSE supposedly outperforms ChatGPT and humans but based on my quick skim,
> also a relatively small n evaluation.
> Rich
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> On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 7:04 AM Kevin M Esterling via LOGOS <
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>>
>>
>>
>> This is indeed an interesting project, but not for the reasons that the
>> PI intended. Instead, there doesn't seem to be any communication theory or
>> design principles that would ensure the extension is measuring
>> misinformation, which is what they intend. Just wishing users will label
>> misinformation does not mean that is what they will do, but instead they
>> will certainly tend to label content they don't like, and then those biases
>> will propagate to the echo chamber of their "trusted" friends. And then
>> their validation study had an N of 32 labeling a total of 64 items. It
>> really is amazing to me what MIT folks can get away with....
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin M. Esterling (he/him)
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>>
>> What happened when Twitter deplatformed 70,000 misinformation traffickers?
>> <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07524-8>
>>
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>> Carpiano via LOGOS <logos at lists.ucr.edu>
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>> Perhaps of interest... Rich
>>
>> Trustnet: A new web browser extension to help identify misinformation for
>> the average person...
>>
>>
>> https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-tool-trustnet-empowers-users-to-fight-online-misinformation-0516
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