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TL;DR: "Solvable" sounds like you're mistaking a social and human issue for a technical challenge > the code and cost to generate misinformation is essentially
by pushfoo 2y ago
TL;DR: "Solvable" sounds like you're mistaking a social and human issue for a technical challenge
> the code and cost to generate misinformation is essentially free
It's always been pretty low. People also want to believe things which feel good, especially when they're blatantly fake. That's not a technological problem, but a social one.
It's like the quote about people having trouble understanding ideas which threaten their income[1], but the payoff is emotional instead of financial.
[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-ge...