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We will have to go back to using trust in the source as the main litmus test for credibility. Text from sources that are known to have humans write (or verify)
by Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
We will have to go back to using trust in the source as the main litmus test for credibility. Text from sources that are known to have humans write (or verify) everything they publish in a reasonably neutral way will be trusted, the rest will be assumed to be bullshit by default.
It could be the return of real journalism. There is a lot to rebuild in this respect, as most journalism has gone to the dogs in the last few decades. In my country all major newspapers are political pamphlets that regularly publish fake news (without the need for any AI). But one can hope, maybe the lowering of the barrier of entry to generate fake content will make people more critical of what they read, hence incentivizing the creation of actually trustworthy sources.
- friendzis 3y agoIf avalanche of generative content would tip the scales towards (blind) trust of human writers, these "journalists" pushing out propaganda and outright fake news will have increased incentive to do so, not lowered.