• ianovic69@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    how do you know the stuff you look up online is legit?

    I feel like this question is rhetorical but if it’s not, I’m surprised anyone on Lemmy isn’t aware of how to cross reference when fact checking.

    I’m more than happy to help with that if required.

    • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
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      6 months ago

      Yep you got me!

      Was leading onto this side of the debate, but basically our collective knowledge, hell our collective experiences are not objective. Our assumptions, mistakes, wordings which result in different interpreted meanings, etc all contribute to some level of disinformation.

      Now let’s not be as nit picky and accept that some detail fudging isn’t the end of the world and happens frequently. We can cross reference each others’ accounts but even that only works to an extent.

      Whole cultures might bare witness to an event and perceive it to be about x y or z, whereas the next door neighbor might see it completely different.

      AI to me really isn’t that far off from the winners being the ones to write the history books, or that strange or unexpected events naturally cause human brains to recollect them in incorrect detail and accuracy.