Also knowns as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 month ago

    If anything, it demonstrates that the law has mathematical validity. Fact-checking simply requires more work than making shit up. Even when AI gets to the point where it can do research and fact-check things effectively (which is bound to happen eventually), it’ll still be able to produce bullshit in a fraction of that time, and use that research ability to create more convincing bullshit.

    Fact-checking requires rigor. Bullshit does not. There’s no magic way to close that gap.

    However, most social media sites already implement rate limits on user submissions, so it might actually be possible to fact-check people’s posts faster than they are allowed to make them.