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Prairie Gates

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8. They are not "hallucinations." They are data processing errors of a shitty technology

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:09 AM

Apr 22

If I enter 2+2 into a calculator, and it gives me 18, that's not a hallucination, or any other mental event. It is a data processing error.

Stop giving agency to these shitty technologies, New York Times.

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They are not "hallucinations." They are data processing errors of a shitty technology Prairie Gates Apr 22 #8