Tag: truth

  • AI Is Why We Need Journalism

    AI Is Why We Need Journalism

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    Scott William Foley
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    I’m a big proponent of artificial intelligence. I use it regularly, I talk about it often, and I believe it has enormous potential to make our lives better. But I have to admit something about AI that increasingly bothers me: I don’t know what’s real anymore. Audio can be faked. Photographs can be faked. Video…

  • My Long Lie and J.R.R. Tolkien

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    Scott William Foley
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    When Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings finished, I made up my mind to finally read the books.  I was but a few years out of college in 2001 when the adaptations began, and never previously enjoyed the occasion to read the source material.  But, I fully intended to rectify that oversight. Thus, I…