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That post-truth world had already arrived ~6-7 years ago. Social media algorithms powered by primitive iterations of weak AI was unleashed upon an unsuspecting

• jfengel 3y ago
  Stephen Colbert coined the word "truthiness" nearly 20 years ago, providing a name to a trend that had been well underway years before that. "Well, anybody who knows me knows that I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, or what did or didn't happen. Who's Britannica to tell me the Panama Canal was finished in 1914?" I see it as a progression from 24-hour news media to social media to a complete abandonment of "truth" in public discourse. Of course the core concept is ancient and had been in play all along, but technology has really amplified it and made it increasingly personal. AI may push it over some kind of edge into the abyss, but only because we've spent three decades willingly readying ourselves for it.
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