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highplainsdem

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3. See reply 2, which I was writing the same time as you were writing your post. I heard first, years ago,

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:20 PM

Feb 5

about people being gullible, where chatbots are concerned, from teachers who saw this in their students. And I have kept up and often posted about adults being gullible as well.

I still felt surprised that anyone in Silicon Valley would be quite so naive. Obviously.Ryan Mac had been surprised, too, even though as a tech journalist he would've known about all the news stories on lawyers (not always young ones) and other educated adults being foolish about AI.

Hell, I still feel some disbelief when DUers post AI Overviews from Google, or want to tell everyone what ChatGPT said, or what Gemini said (and we do have some DUers who apparently consider Grok a great and reliable source of information).

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Reporter doing story on Epstein & Silicon Valley CEOs was told by an SV comms rep that _Grok_ said he was lying [View all] highplainsdem Feb 5 OP

The reply from Phillip Vander Klay kinda made me drop my jaw. mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #1

See reply 2, which I was writing the same time as you were writing your post. I heard first, years ago, highplainsdem Feb 5 #3

I remember being shocked when I found that mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #5

The first time I heard a story like this was nearly 3 years ago when a despairing teacher told me one of her highplainsdem Feb 5 #2

I follow Arizona State football FHRRK Feb 5 #4

Oh, no! Who published that story? highplainsdem Feb 5 #6

Can't recall FHRRK Feb 5 #7

All chatbots should be regarded as beta releases -- subject to revision and correction. eppur_se_muova Feb 5 #8