AI incident #1637 ·
Hank Green Reportedly Used AI-Generated Scientific Image Containing Errors in Educational Video
What happened
Science communicator and YouTuber Hank Green reportedly included an AI-generated scientific image containing factual and mathematical errors in a YouTube educational video. Green later said he knew the image was AI-generated when he used it and removed it after recognizing problems with the graphic.
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Youtube Content Creators, Synthetic Media Creators, Science Communicators, Hank Green, Content Creators
- Alleged developer
- Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Image Generation Technology Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Youtube Users, Social Media Users, Epistemic Integrity
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