Cory Doctorow on Nostr: I think it behooves us to be a little skeptical of stories about AI driving people to ...

I think it behooves us to be a little skeptical of stories about AI driving people to believe wrong things and commit ugly actions. Not that I like the AI slop that is filling up our social media, but when we look at the ways that AI is harming us, slop is pretty low on the list.

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