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Re:Journalists should invest in journalism startups, particu... by confoundcofound on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:00PM (#36525174)
Technology will advance such that basic "truths" will be verifiable, leaving journalists as nothing more than storytellers. We should be investing in companies that empower people with the verifiable information they need to arrive at their own conclusions.
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Re:Journalists should invest in journalism startups, particu... by delfinom on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:44PM (#36525734)
>Technology will advance such that basic "truths" will be verifiable

With the way the world is rushing headfirst into lying LLMs and holding them up as gospel. I don't quite see the world going your way.

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Re:Journalists should invest in journalism startups, particu... by confoundcofound on Thursday June 29, 2023 @03:57PM (#36525864)
There are companies working on authentication and fraud detection as we speak. There is an emerging cold war between them and AI.
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Re:Journalists should invest in journalism startups, particu... by the6thwonder on Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:03PM (#36525944)
A selection and presentation of true facts is a narrative.
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