Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program
Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program
www.nationalobserver.com Misinformation-laden website almost convinces Alberta town to abandon climate program
The town of Cochrane, Alberta, came within minutes of withdrawing from a national net-zero framework based on arguments from an AI-powered misinformation campaign uncovered by Canada's National Observer. A last-minute move by the mayor put the brakes on the decision — for now.
“This website I’m quoting from, I don’t know a whole lot about… but I just thought their words were better than mine.”— Alberta councillor, citing a website with an AI chatbot pushing towns to quit net-zero programs
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The problem is not artificial intelligence, it's natural dumbness.
Kakistocracy is not natural