The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3

railgunmerlin wrote: post #5

bfmalky wrote: post #3

> Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act NSFW blog content on HN? Really?

perhaps the safety filter is wrong instead of the post?

Most likely it's a protest. Badplace passed Badlaw, so residents of Badplace can't see my content, so nyah!

But, topics of a sexual nature—nothing really NSFW, just mentions of various fetishes that online people have developed and popularized, and the possibilities for AI to realize those fetishes and potentially spawn new ones—are discussed in the blog post, so it may be illegal to present to minors under the OSA.

Re: The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3 – Culture

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Post by talkingtab » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC

Our collective learned helplessness in the face of being bombarded with advertising, propaganda and outright lies is just astonishing to me. Not an article about fighting back, or doing anything, just the resignation of a follower.

Re: The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3 – Culture

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Post by spaghetdefects » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

This has already happened with media for the past 100+ years. We're shown what companies and governments want us to see. People develop parasocial relationships with people they see on tv...

Re: The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3 – Culture

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 8:02 PM UTC

talkingtab wrote: post #7

Our collective learned helplessness in the face of being bombarded with advertising, propaganda and outright lies is just astonishing to me. Not an article about fighting back, or doing anything, just the resignation of a follower.

There's a lot of people who are comfortable (socially or professionally) with diagnosing and analyzing problems. Those same people are often indifferent or outright hostile to people proposing solutions, not least because solutions that brought about change would make the analysts less relevant.

Re: The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3 – Culture

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Post by mzajc » Thu, Apr 09, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC

> Authors, screenwriters, et al. have a new niche to explore. Any day now I expect an A24 trailer featuring a villain who speaks in the register of ChatGPT. “You’re absolutely right, Kayleigh,” it intones. “I did drown little Tamothy, and I’m truly sorry about that. Here’s the breakdown of what happened…”

May I recommend Pluribus (2025-)