"We can prune for the facts" I wouldn't be too sure of that. People have shown time and time again that they are pretty bad at determining what a 'fact' is.

"We can prune for the facts" I wouldn't be too sure of that. People have shown time and time again that they are pretty bad at determining what a 'fact' is. It gets far worse when they're shown more data (the issue we are dealing with right now), and these models see far more data than any one of us will see in our lifetimes. Much of our ability to determine what a 'fact' is is either something like: (1) (if political) 'does it fit with my bias?' or (2) (if physics) 'is it physically possible?'. Since (1) is mostly dependent on what information you show yourself, and (2) depends on comparing to interaction with physical reality, the system has too much information for (1) and no physical space to run experiments in for (2). Much of our ability to determine what a 'fact' is is either something like: (1) (if political) 'does it fit with my bias?' or (2) (if physics) 'is it physically possible?'. Since (1) is mostly dependent on what information you show yourself, and (2) depends on comparing to interaction with physical reality, the system has too much information for (1) and no physical space to run experiments in for (2).