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Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part. (www.nytimes.com)

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By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025

We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.

They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

"Plausibility engine" is a great term and I'm going to start using it.