Misinformation Is the Most Urgent Threat to Humanity, Say Leading Experts
Misinformation Is the Most Urgent Threat to Humanity, Say Leading Experts
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Misinformation Is the Most Urgent Threat to Humanity, Say Leading Experts
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Supposedly says. Could be an AI article for all we can actually tell...
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Not according to a twenty second check, assuming you trust the World Economic Forum:
https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/
However, the top risk in 2027 is Misinformation and disinformation, for the second year in a row (Figure C). There are many ways in which a proliferation of false or misleading content is complicating the geopolitical environment. It is a leading mechanism for foreign entities to affect voter intentions; it can sow doubt among the general public worldwide about what is happening in conflict zones; or it can be used to tarnish the image of products or services from another country.
This is how the fabled “old” internet worked IIRC. BS, bots and trolls were everywhere, hence clicking through hyperlinks or a quick search as a sanity check were pretty standard fare. And it worked reasonably well. And like the old internet, this random substack could be fishy, but it doesn’t make the source wrong.
What I am getting at is that dismissing something as “possibly AI” as a first impulse isn’t good information hygiene.
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I remember the old internet, I was here for it and I miss it. I understand what you mean, and want to agree; mostly frustrated that I have to spend so much effort making sure my content isnt slop.