Minister Bernard Davis is dismissing suspicion that artificial intelligence was used to generate any of the final report on the 10-year Education Accord.
CBC reported on Friday that at least 15 sources cited in the document are fake and never existed, which was later confirmed by government.
Speaking with reporters Friday afternoon, Davis said he didn’t yet know how the “errors” occurred, but insisted AI didn’t play a part.
“Absolutely not. It’s preposterous to even think that someone would type in: Give us an education accord of 118 pages with 450 citations, to assume that A.I. is going to generate a document of that nature,” he said. “No, no. This is generated out of the hearts and minds of individuals that have been arguing and fighting for improvements in the education system for decades.”
The Education Accord released in late August (VOCM News)
Davis said he expected the “errors” to be rectified by end of day on Friday.
But that fell far short of the explanation Opposition MHAs were hoping for, as they listened in, and followed Davis to the microphones.
Paul Dinn (VOCM News)
The Tories’ Paul Dinn fears the fake references may have led to fake conclusions.
“It could be 15 citations but they might play a bigger part in the body of the report,” he said. “So let’s find out what’s being corrected here — if it’s just taking the citations out, or actually going through the report and finding where they were referenced, because right now there is an issue around credibility.”
