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		lioeters on March 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I genuinely don't understand why some people are s... Or politics, where confidently lying is an essential skill.

wqaatwt on March 28, 2025 [–]

Is it? Seems like a lost art these days. Modern politicians hardly put in any effort making up convincing and subtle lies anymore..

codesnik on March 28, 2025 | [–]

and it still works. And problem seems to be related to the unconditional trust of LLM output.

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