with the emergence and proliferation of AI-generated content, i believe we will have to shift from a default-true to default-false mental model when interacting with online content.

but holy shit do you know how depressing it is to assume the worst in everyone, which to me is to assume that they are inauthentic?

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

tbh i've questioned everything i've ever read online that seemed fishy 

but i also spent a ton of time in research labs so it comes second nature

steps:
1. read something online
2. "huh, that seems unlikely"
3. google scholar
4. find peer reviewed paper from legitimate journal
5. look at what group they tested on, blind/double blind, controls
6. read actual findings & conclusion
7. determine if original info was true, false, or a misinterpretation of research/knowledge, or if the article is biased and misleading itself

it's a lot to ask of folks who are just doom scrolling and mindlessly consuming content... and this is just for scientific claims, not historical or even deep fakes and ai-generated images

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