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by JadeNB 1025 days ago
> Whatever the users of the internet prioritized as important showed up first. There is no lying. Google search results and now ChatGPT/AI responses are pretty much a reflection of the information base provided to it. Biases, inaccuracies, et al. Its a weighted mirror on humanity (where some cultures/languages/regions have contributed more data and hence have a higher weight - like English speaking corpus).

It is certainly reasonable to argue about whether "lying" requires intent, but I think that it is usually agreed that "lying" in this context means "presenting false information without indicating that it is false."