Timely reminder that journalists do not usually tell explicit, out-and-out lies, but they do still lie.
Here's the playbook: https://t.co/xl6wke2oJQ
Timely reminder that journalists do not usually tell explicit, out-and-out lies, but they do still lie. Here's the playbook: https://t.co/xl6wke2oJQ
We think of ‘facts’ as being somewhat equivalent to data — they’re observations, which in theory anyone could verify.
But observation is just one of three essential ingredients required to make a Fact.
The other two are:
- 1) Context omission, and
- 2) Trust, in the one omitting the context.
Mike Elias • Wittgenstein’s Revenge
The first two concerns I have above are technical in nature. In other words, something happened to the system that it wasn’t designed for. A company got hacked. An attacker emulated a real user and got access to their DA without authorization.
But the one that’s even more scary is when that doesn’t happen, and things work exactly as they’re supposed
... See moreDaniel Miessler • AI's Predictable Path: 7 Things to Expect From AI in 2024+
this is also a perfect crystallization of how, in our hyper-digital age, it's increasingly the context and framing of information (not the content itself) that drives debates and shapes economic futures. Here, the content of the war plans was practically overshadowed by how they leaked (understandably!) - the wrong platform, the journalist, and the... See more
Kyla Scanlon • Studio Ghibli AI, Classified Leaks, and the Context Shift
But if there is one overriding aim of this book it is not just to call attention to errors like the ones mentioned above but also, and more importantly, to show that our most seemingly infallible institutions are often prone to error. It is to imprint on our consciousness that we have to question not just our sources (since it is difficult to find ... See more