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School district uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (www.popsci.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain a description or depiction of a sex act.'

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ban attempts to comply with a new law requiring Iowa school library catalogs to be both “age appropriate” and devoid of “descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.”

Sounds like a stupid law.

We really shouldn't have conservatives anymore.

But also chatGPT seems like the wrong tool for this idiotic endeavor.

[–] IndiBrony 17 points 1 year ago

Massive shout out to the teachers who can still teach that sex ed class without books to describe or show things.

Guess it'll have to be a practical lesson 👀

[–] moistclump 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Describes the Bible perfectly. Is that banned in Iowa yet?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

NO NOT LIKE THAT