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2. Which makes me think of the disappearing pallets of dollars

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 12:28 PM

Mar 7

I remember that the Bush/Cheney administration shipped in plane loads of pallets of brand new US currency to pay for ‘stuff’ in the immediate aftermath of the Iraq war. They had a twenty something, never done anything like this administration appointee in charge. Literal tons of cash disappeared. Shrugs all around.

Can we not let them get away with this shit this time? I know they’re going to do it. Kushner is already on it, I’m sure. But if we win in 2026 and ‘28, can we please, please go back after these robbers?

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I did a AI deep dive into what happened to the gold that the US military got from Iraq [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 7 OP

Interesting question and response jmbar2 Mar 7 #1

It's a response from a chatbot that can hallucinate at any time. Unless you check every detail of the highplainsdem Mar 7 #4

Re: AI Vigilantes, I've read that new updates have been made to the interrogation functions. Bongo Prophet Mar 7 #29

The beatings will continue until we completely forget that AI exists. jmbar2 Sunday #30

Which makes me think of the disappearing pallets of dollars Bobstandard Mar 7 #2

Correction: You asked a hallucinating chatbot to answer a question. That isn't a deep dive. It's fake research. highplainsdem Mar 7 #3

From the Bing client LiberalArkie Mar 7 #6

Did you check every detail of the answer Bing's chatbot gave you with a source widely considered reliable? highplainsdem Mar 7 #7

Most was from Wikipedia, CNN, BBC, French news. LiberalArkie Mar 7 #11

Did you follow the links to the sources cited to see if they agreed with the AI-generated text? Chatbots highplainsdem Mar 7 #17

Let the scolding commence... Drum Mar 7 #5

There's an AI app for that jmbar2 Mar 7 #8

Karens are conservative. And conservatives like AI slop. I'm a liberal who doesn't think it's a good idea highplainsdem Mar 7 #9

Are you sure that all Karens are conservative? jmbar2 Mar 7 #10

Someone asked Claude about which party LiberalArkie Mar 7 #12

Well, this gets curiouser and curiouser... jmbar2 Mar 7 #13

Yea, it surprised the crap out of me and the guy.. He has a lot of videos comparing each AI with the same prompt LiberalArkie Mar 7 #15

The AI's at present are really stupid with assumptions and making decisions. LiberalArkie Mar 7 #16

Will check it out jmbar2 Mar 7 #18

"deep dive" WhiskeyGrinder Mar 7 #14

Definition of "deep dive" from Merriam-Webster: highplainsdem Mar 7 #20

exactly WhiskeyGrinder Mar 7 #21

At 78, I tend to let some one(thing) else to dive.. Although as a preteen my first book was Websters College dictionary LiberalArkie Mar 7 #23

Then let others who will do a real deep dive post deep dives to DU. You could have asked DUers to answer highplainsdem Mar 7 #24

Good point. I think I relied too much on the encyclopedias to much as a child as that just gave me the information that LiberalArkie Mar 7 #25

I am sorry to see your post getting hijacked jmbar2 Mar 7 #27

This tends to happen whenever people are discussing anything. The only way to have a nice peaceful discussion LiberalArkie Mar 7 #28

I remember a Soldier Army truck driver tried to steal some of the gold on his truck. The MP's caught him Jacson6 Mar 7 #19

The grift was deep during the Iraq War JCMach1 Mar 7 #22

Oddball hauled it away in his tank. Norrrm Mar 7 #26

Good one! I decided to use my browser's DuckDuckGo search engine AI to confirm my memory of the context Bongo Prophet Sunday #31