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Scientists Invented a Disease to Test Whether A.I. Knew It Was Fake. Then, Chatbots Started Saying It Was Real (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 31 points 4 hours ago

The eye condition bixonimania doesn’t exist, but neither bots nor some researchers caught that the content was fabricated—despite obvious clues

The first clue being an eye condition with the name mania in it, denoting that it is a mental condition.