Ten years ago, we were collectively bemoaning the phenomenon of people choosing their own ‘facts’ to suit their biases. Today, we’re worried about AI inventing things and leaving us unable to tell the difference.

As an aside, I’d like to point out that none of this is new. As for AI, the present iteration is… well, it’s artificial, but otherwise the term doesn’t really apply.

But more on that later.

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