That article you just read sounds good, doesn’t it? It’s FAKE.
The article is FALSE. The article was created by Artificial Intelligence and is filled with false information but it reads very believably.
The FICTIONAL PIECE about the homeless in Pickering, ON was written by AI and it has facts mixed in with falsehoods but it is a hoax, FALSE, FICTION.
Many pieces of fiction
This article is very frightening. There are fictitious or bogus facts throughout, viz.: no councillor called Jane Miller exists on the real City Council, there is no real reporter named Sarah Jenkins, there is no such thing as “the Pickering Ledger,” and there are no such people as Staff Reporters for Pickering.
This article was created in less than 30 seconds. What is more frightening, with a couple of minutes of ‘re-prompting,’ giving AI a few facts, throwing in some authentic names, Councillors, the real Mayor name…and the article becomes even more believable, nearly factual.
AI is creating a world of ‘factual fiction,’ meaning publications that are believable with many facts peppering the piece, but overall it is FALSE.
Action for you to take
No longer believe what you see. AI cab generate near actuality, making fiction sound very much like fact. All the more reason for you to be skeptical about everything you see and hear in the media. Think about it. Be doubtful if you think it may be a questionable and follow it up with a few trusted sources to validate its authenticity.
