The #LiarsDividend should be something everyone in the US should be familiar with by now: we've seen Cheetoh Mussolini employ it to great effect for over a decade now. And it harms us all.

I'd like to see, just once, a mainstream reporter confront that orange pustule with the term in a press conference.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-misinformation-to-evade-accountability/687FEE54DBD7ED0C96D72B26606AA073

Why we can't trust online surveys anymore

#News #TechNews #AI #LLM #Surveys #Misinformation #Disinformation #Education #LiarsDividend

https://youtu.be/z53m1PYzcjo

Daily podcast: Why we can't trust online surveys anymore

#News #TechNews #AI #LLM #Surveys #Misinformation #Disinformation #Education #LiarsDividend #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/tos

liar's dividend

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liar%27s_dividend

1. The benefit received by those spreading false information, whereby it becomes unclear what is true and what is not.
2. The benefit received by legitimizing debate about a lie by repeating it.

The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? (February 2024):

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-misinformation-to-evade-accountability/687FEE54DBD7ED0C96D72B26606AA073

#LiarsDividend #FakeNews #GenAI #Culture #Philosophy #Politics

Liar’s dividend (noun): The benefit gained by those who circulate falsehoods, especially when the widespread presence of misinformation makes it difficult to determine what is true.

#Misinformation #LiarsDividend

https://mordictionary.blogspot.com/2025/06/liars-dividend-liars-boon-received-when.html

Even Hurricanes Have Deepfakes Now... and they're hurting real people.

#News #TechNews #Deepfake #HurricaneHelene #LiarsDividend #AI

https://youtu.be/s5NXyvwsano

Daily Podcast: Even Hurricanes Have Deepfakes Now... and they're hurting real people.

#News #TechNews #Deepfake #HurricaneHelene #LiarsDividend #AI #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/hdf

“Deep doubt is skepticism of real media that stems from the existence of generative AI. This manifests as broad public skepticism toward the veracity of media artifacts, which in turn leads to a notable consequence: People can now more credibly claim that real events did not happen and suggest that documentary evidence was fabricated using AI tools.”

no better time to renew subscriptions in tried and trusted media. context is queen!

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/due-to-ai-fakes-the-deep-doubt-era-is-here/
#deepdoubt #deepfake #liarsdividend

Between watching CitrusCon and doing other things this weekend, I finally watched a few episodes of #StrangerThings (I'm 8 years late with this) and it occurred to me that its shallow fantasy plot and the popularity of this kind of TV series is part of why people flock to irrational, unscientific but easy to follow "explanations" of crisises like covid-19.

It's kinda ironic that as an actual 80s kid, I learned how to check sources and not waste my time on TV. In this #LiarsDividend consumption era, however, it's easier than ever to confuse facts, opinions and fantasy. Netflix feeds us as if we are the main hero of our own life story nowadays, clear, entertaining and technology-free like in the 80s, where every crumb of information has to be true and part of some bigger and conspiracy-like plot, and where we have learned to ignore consistency plot holes as if they are accepted.

I'm not blaming anybody, I just wished that we kept up with reality better.

〝His supporters quickly struck back, claiming the video was actually a deepfake. His campaign confirmed, however, that the video was, in fact, real, but said that Mr. Massa was not on drugs.〞
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/world/americas/argentina-election-ai-milei-massa.html

#genAI #generativeAI #disinformation #misinformation #deepfakes #media #elections #politics #propaganda #liarsDividend