When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are those who routinely outsource their critical thinking to what they see as an all-knowing machine.

brother this being the lede for a story from the ars reporter who wasn’t fired over the hallucinated quotes is just… this is the closest corporate media can come to “fuck that loser” and still make it to publication. jesus christ