I'd like to humor you a bit on what you say (going off on a little tangent here).
- Were all the existing sources (e.g. news, podcasts, etc) ever reliable?
- Do people lobby for certain outcomes on some research/articles?
And finally...
- Now we know LLMs hallucinate, and news can easily be faked, are people finally starting to question everything, including what they were told before?
Of course, mostly rhetorical but I think about this a lot - if it is a good or bad thing. Now we know we are surrounded by fakeness that can be generated in seconds, maybe people will finally gain critical thinking skills, and the ability to discern truth from falseness better. Time will tell!
For now the way I see it is people are becoming reliant on these tools, and only will a community of people collaborating to better the outcomes can ensure alternate agendas do not lead the results.
- Were all the existing sources (e.g. news, podcasts, etc) ever reliable? - Do people lobby for certain outcomes on some research/articles?
And finally...
- Now we know LLMs hallucinate, and news can easily be faked, are people finally starting to question everything, including what they were told before?
Of course, mostly rhetorical but I think about this a lot - if it is a good or bad thing. Now we know we are surrounded by fakeness that can be generated in seconds, maybe people will finally gain critical thinking skills, and the ability to discern truth from falseness better. Time will tell!
For now the way I see it is people are becoming reliant on these tools, and only will a community of people collaborating to better the outcomes can ensure alternate agendas do not lead the results.