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Friday Fun Thread for February 17, 2023

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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How do you combat disinformation when anyone can generate infinite amounts of it?

Nothing is stopping me from making up bullshit and typing it out right now. The truth uhh.. finds a way.

Language models will make the waters a lot muddier for sure, instead of a troll farm you can just have 1 PC doing all the work, but that just means more mud to swim through, the act of swimming through mud isn't particularly all that hard.

Nothing is stopping me from making up bullshit and typing it out right now.

Time and effort. “More mud” is a understatement

You ignore 99% of the internet now anyways. A subreddit full of bots and /r/politics is identical to me, I ignore both. Yes societal inpacts are up in the air, individually I dont think its much of a hurdle.

Nothing is stopping me from making up bullshit and typing it out right now. The truth uhh.. finds a way.

(wheezing helplessly)