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If anything the leadership gave BS answers to the journalist for the exact reaction HN is portraying right now. "They're so dumb AI is harmless" is a danerous take when the people in charge are often times more educated than an average westener. They also are decent at propoganda (you have certainly consumed pumped or direct propoganda from terrorist orgs). Their leaders are often university grads from the west. It i…
"Their leaders are often university grads from the west." This is a generalization.. and you're right that there are terrorist groups run by people educated in the west... but this isn't true for Boko Haram. Barkura Doro has no formal education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakura_Doro
"Often" does a lot of work there. But the general point is that thinking these guys are dumb is dangerous.