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A buzzy new book called “The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality” contains more than a half-dozen misattributed or fake quotes,” a review by The New York Times discovered. In response to questions from the paper, the author, Steven Rosenbaum, admitted that the book contained a “handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes” stemming from his use of AI tools.

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Posted by wareaglepete

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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:22 pm to RanchoLaPuerto

This is a no-win game. Either the AI becomes self aware and wipes us out or we keep going down the current path and head into Idiocracy within just another generation or two. No one in 40 years will have a fricking clue what history really was.

Hell, now that I think about it, we probably don't either. But it will be way goofier with AI.

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Posted by TigerReich

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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:23 pm to RanchoLaPuerto

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Posted by bad93ex

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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:25 pm to wareaglepete

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head into Idiocracy within just another generation or two

The beginning of the movie is prophetic save for one minor detail

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Posted by jdd48

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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:26 pm to wareaglepete

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Hell, now that I think about it, we probably don't either. But it will be way goofier with AI.

You mean you don't believe black and indian nazis and pilgrims actually existed?

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Posted by RanchoLaPuerto

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Posted on 5/19/26 at 5:33 pm to wareaglepete

According to ChatGPT . . .

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Humans will rely more on institutions and individuals with demonstrated reliability. Reputation may become even more important because information abundance makes filtering essential.

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