N-gated Hacker NewsMay 30, 2025
🤖💡Oh great, just what we needed: AI-generated lies that are *so* compelling, they could win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Nicholas Carr bravely unravels this digital deception while we sit back and wonder if he’s just upset his toaster knows more about human nature than he does. 🥴📚
https://behavioralscientist.org/what-happens-when-ai-generated-lies-are-more-compelling-than-the-truth/ #AIgeneratedLies #DigitalDeception #NicholasCarr #OscarWorthy #HumanNature #HackerNews #ngated
What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth? - by Nicholas Carr - Behavioral Scientist

What if the danger of AI-generated misinformation isn’t that we’ll believe it—it’s that we’ll eventually stop believing anything at all?

Behavioral Scientist
Koko The CollieNov 12, 2022

@amyfou nonsense! I hear the Academy will be phoning any day now!

#OscarWorthy

Show threadJimmyOct 27, 2022
@idanoo Or to quote a terrible cleric in a D&D session from a couple decades ago when casting cure light wounds. "Don't thank me, thank Lady Mielikki". #roleplaying #oscarworthy
Show threadEdOct 22, 2018

"You used me as bait!"

"Get over it."

#OscarWorthy

VoxMar 5, 2018
Hollywood loves method acting, but how necessary is it for an #Oscar-worthy performance? https://t.co/QnnDp02efF
Vox on Twitter

“Hollywood loves method acting, but how necessary is it for an #Oscar-worthy performance? https://t.co/QnnDp02efF”

VoxMar 2, 2018
Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio adopted method acting to craft #Oscar-worthy performances. They're not alone. https://t.co/aJIDxsEwa8
Vox on Twitter

“Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio adopted method acting to craft #Oscar-worthy performances. They're not alone. https://t.co/aJIDxsEwa8”