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gulliver

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5. They also fight cons cheaply

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 23, 2026, 02:09 PM

Jan 23

You can ask an AI about something, and it will generally tell you if it's sound or not. It's not perfect, but it's an improvement. Non-AI software was already very bad for us, intolerably so I would say. AI might help us equalize things.

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How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy (new paper in Science magazine + link to free copy) [View all] highplainsdem Jan 23 OP

Yeah this seemed inevitable. flying rabbit Jan 23 #1

I'm pro-AI, but we're not handling it politically gulliver Jan 23 #2

No, AI didn't invent fraud. It just made it almost infinitely easier and cheaper. highplainsdem Jan 23 #3

They also fight cons cheaply gulliver Jan 23 #5

You cannot trust AI to give you accurate information. And use of genAI dumbs people down. highplainsdem Jan 23 #6

You do have to check them, but they're exceptionally good... gulliver Jan 23 #7

We read this book a long time ago LearnedHand Jan 23 #4

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