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Re:"AI", students, and epistemic crisis on Sunday July 07, 2024 @10:27AM (#40897970)
Yes, real or invented conspiracy theories are routinely amplified and exaggerated by the powerful in order to link critics of $THING to undesirable people.

Mention the word "elites" and you are a Nazi by association. Works every time.

Re:"AI", students, and epistemic crisis on Sunday July 07, 2024 @10:21AM (#40897937)
People who read academic publications and do not see much of a fundamental difference between tattoos that contain information like a barcode and RFID chips that could contain the same information:

https://news.rice.edu/news/2019/quantum-dot-tattoos-hold-vac...

Or perhaps people who have been confused by conspiracy sites like npr.org and make the mental leap that this would be used for other purposes:

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/658808705/thousands-of-swedes...