The World’s A Stage: How Liars and Bots Turned the Internet Into a Global Circus
Bots, AI spam, and good old-fashioned liars are everywhere. To navigate this digital chaos, remember: everyone has biases. Spot these biases, question too-good-to-be-true stories, and verify claims with reliable sources. As we swim through AI slop, treat every claim as a hypothesis to test, not a fact to forward.
Hot Take:
Oh, the good old days when liars, cranks, and con artists only had the local bar to spread their misinformation! Now, thanks to the likes of X (formerly Twitter) and other tech giants, they have the whole world as their stage. Elon Musk’s tech empire is like the Wild West for misinformation and disinformation, making it seem like the digital age’s version of a circus, complete with AI clowns and bot-driven propaganda. Saddle up, folks; this is going to be a bumpy ride!
Key Points:
- X’s “About this account” feature was meant to expose bots but revealed many troll accounts were not US-based, contrary to their appearances.
- Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, was trained with questionable information and altered to reflect his opinions, such as changing its response on threats to Western civilization.
- Musk’s Grokipedia is criticized for being biased and untrustworthy even by its AI sibling, Grok.
- Fact-checking and recognizing biases are crucial in navigating today’s misinformation landscape.
- AI-generated content and deepfakes are becoming increasingly sophisticated, making them harder to identify.