Don’t believe everything you see online…
The ability to validate information and critical thinking are going to become so important in the coming years, not just in business:
“Over the remainder of the night, sleuths gradually teased out the culprit: a website based in Pakistan that consists solely of listings for Halloween events, some real and some totally made-up…The patient zero of this farce, however, appears to be a combination of classic SEO bait tactics and newfangled AI slop content”
Thousands Turn Out For Nonexistent Halloween Parade Promoted By AI Listing | Defector
Thousands of Dubliners showed up for the city’s much-anticipated Halloween parade on Thursday evening. They lined the streets from Parnell Street to Christchurch Cathedral, waiting for the promised three-hour parade that would “[transform] Dublin into a lively tapestry of costumes, artistic performances, and cultural festivities.” A likely story. There was no parade, and never was […]
Barry Petchesky