Do you agree that Technology is going too far?

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[maleonolo]

I'm getting swamped with inaccurate information presented as truth, when only a few details are correct. People seeing this as their first acquaintance with the subjects will never know reality. It even comes illustrated, and "seeing is believing."

We're in the age of misinformation. Though the internet has been praised as the Great Database of unlimited information, humans are not patient or willing enough to take the time to sit down and pore over countless documents. That's why opportunistic 'entrepreneurs' have led the charge in swamping the internet with sensationalist articles and misinformation. LLM technology in its current stage is a glorified parrot which most humans use to convince themselves they understand topics that they're too lazy to do actual research on. It's good at Maths and coding but that's about it

 

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We're in the age of misinformation.

We always have been. Before we all had the internet we had little choice but to believe whatever our local newspapers told us, and Australia is where Rupert Murdoch started out which says a lot.

Now we have the ability to double check a lot of information but an overwhelmingly large portion of the world population is just too bloody lazy to bother. They prefer to let someone else do all their thinking for them and will take whatever cheesy youtube video that's thrown in front of them at face value.

I've been watching news sources from around the globe for more than 20 years now and all of them will add their own political bias to a story. Somewhere between all of them you get a rough approximation of the truth.

 

[maleonolo]

We always have been. Before we all had the internet we had little choice but to believe whatever our local newspapers told us, and Australia is where Rupert Murdoch started out which says a lot.

Now we have the ability to double check a lot of information but an overwhelmingly large portion of the world population is just too bloody lazy to bother. They prefer to let someone else do all their thinking for them and will take whatever cheesy youtube video that's thrown in front of them at face value.

I've been watching news sources from around the globe for more than 20 years now and all of them will add their own political bias to a story. Somewhere between all of them you get a rough approximation of the truth.

Haha, I was born in the age of the internet and also wanted to make a point by contradicting the adage that claims we're in the 'age of information/interconnectivity'. Actually you're right it's probably much easier to fact check certain things nowadays because websites will build a reputation for being reliable/trustworthy, accessible with just a click. I mostly use AP news (despite its annoying US bias) and avoid accepting most random information because it's just as hard to unlearn false information as to learn the truth. I've heard Reuters is quite reliable as well

 

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I mostly use AP news (despite its annoying US bias) and avoid accepting most random information because it's just as hard to unlearn false information as to learn the truth. I've heard Reuters is quite reliable as well

Al Jazeera is also very largely unbiased. The first time I looked at it I didn't have very high expectations but I was very pleasantly surprised. Usually very well balanced reporting. It's now one of my main news sources.

 

[Judge]

I prefer to default to Reuter's over any concern of the legitimacy of a recent news event. Then the other two wire services, UPI and AP. Beyond that it seems at times like throwing dice...

Off to Reuters if I do if I see a story in YouTube that interests me. Otherwise I assume it's garbage...which in most cases it is. Disinformation and propaganda abounds there, let alone all the clickbait.

 

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Haha, I was born in the age of the internet and also wanted to make a point by contradicting the adage that claims we're in the 'age of information/interconnectivity'.

I saw an amazing interview back in 2008 when we were going through the global financial crisis and the price of oil had shot up to US$77 a barrel. They interviewed the head of OPEC and he was fantastic to listen to.

"What $77 a barrel? I am the head of OPEC and yes we have just raised our prices - to $1.75 a barrel. If you want to buy oil on the stockmarkets you pay $77 a barrel. If you come and see me, the man that actually has the oil, you pay $1.75. Your choice."

The went on to ask him about possible oil shortages in the future and he laughed. He said he constantly has this argument with his colleagues whenever they want to raise the price of oil. "The stone age did not end because we ran out of stones, the iron age did not end because we ran out of iron, and the oil age will not end because we ran out of oil. These things end because we find something better."

 

[Judge]

I saw an amazing interview back in 2008 when we were going through the global financial crisis and the price of oil had shot up to US$77 a barrel. They interviewed the head of OPEC and he was fantastic to listen to.

"What $77 a barrel? I am the head of OPEC and yes we have just raised our prices - to $1.75 a barrel. If you want to buy oil on the stockmarkets you pay $77 a barrel. If you come and see me, the man that actually has the oil, you pay $1.75. Your choice."

The went on to ask him about possible oil shortages in the future and he laughed. He said he constantly has this argument with his colleagues whenever they want to raise the price of oil. "The stone age did not end because we ran out of stones, the iron age did not end because we ran out of iron, and the oil age will not end because we ran out of oil. These things end because we find something better."

Here on the west coast they don't need to raise the oil price based on the WTI or OPEC shenanigans. They just claim a need for some maintenance overhaul that will set the refineries back so much time. Or perhaps suddenly some minor "accident" occurs that does the same.

Present gasoline price for regular unleaded: $4.09.
The price for being adjacent to the state of California, and their refinery prices.

 

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Present gasoline price for regular unleaded: $4.09.

That works out to just a little cheaper than what I pay on average, except I have a European car that needs 98 octane fuel. Here prices go up and down on a regular 2 week cycle, no idea why, standard unleaded will vary between $1.65/litre and $2.00/litre. (Australian dollars)

This website is very helpful:
Cheap Fuel Prices & Fuel Watch Map - Adelaide SA