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Midnight Writer

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1. AI will be worthless if it simply parrots the biases, the bullshit, the intentional lies of its billionaire owners.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:00 PM

Oct 29

Knowledge that is not truthful or accurate or that is biased is worse than worthless. It is dangerous.

Unless the AI is "honest", and its owners don't seem interested in that, then it just another tool to manipulate people.

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If you remember one AI disaster, make it this one [View all] Xipe Totec Oct 29 OP

AI will be worthless if it simply parrots the biases, the bullshit, the intentional lies of its billionaire owners. Midnight Writer Oct 29 #1

I'm kinda glad for Carl Sagan that he isn't around to have to witness today's decline Blue Owl Oct 29 #2

Sagan is my hero. nt Xipe Totec Oct 29 #4

IMO, The Demon Haunted World Disaffected Oct 29 #5

Bookmarking yellow dahlia Oct 29 #3