JFK Assassination Forum

   I have a serious problem with Gerry Ford driving a golf ball. Without question you are putting others at risk there. Gerry Ford was a Putz.

I've seen a number of instances in which posters here have cited AI as a source to back up an argument they have made. I can recall a few instances in which I have done that. I just discovered something that has caused me to question the reliability of AI sources.

In the US Politics forum, I made a statement about a subject unrelated to the JFKA. I made that statement based on something I had read many years ago. Royell Storing questioned the accuracy of that statement and I attempt to google for a source to back up what I had written. I was unable to locate an online article to support my claim. Today I used my AI source, CoPilot, to try to verify if what I had said was accurate. It came back and completely supported what I had written. I was getting ready to copy and paste it in a reply to Royell when I noticed the fine print below the text I was quoting. It read "jfkassassinationforum.com". Copilot had used my own words written in this forum to reach a conclusion that I was hoping would back up what I had said. Obviously, CoPilot made no effort to vet what I had written. It was probably the only thing it could find on the subject so it accepted what I wrote at face value. I suspect all the AI resources operate much the same way. They scan the internet of information relating to question being asked. Had there been conflicting information regarding the issue, CoPilot probably would have made mention of that but I'm betting my words were the only ones it found on the subject so it accepted my statement as fact and replied that way.

This discovery makes me skeptical of anyone who cites AI programs to support their arguments. The responses from AI might or might not be factual. I still think the statement I made was true, but AI's affirming it is no affirmation at all.  AI stands for artificial intelligence but I doubt there's much intelligence going on with it. It just regurgitates what it finds without scrutinizing the source.

That would be nice but it is wishful thinking. Politicians have figured out hyperbole works. It gets their base worked up which increases turnout and campaign contributions.

I forget who it was but someone on TV said a few days ago that the worst thing they ever did was allow cameras in the Senate and the House. Now the committee hearings are all about trying to get a 15 second sound bite rather than trying to get information from the person being questioned. Again, this drives turnout and contributions. As for what is said on the floors of the two houses, that's usually just for the cameras. Most of the time they are talking to an empty chamber. None of them want to sit around and listen to what each other has to say. The same thing used to happen before cameras and the members would make speeches just to get it in the Congressional Record. On big issues, there sometimes is actual floor debates but that's for show too.
They all know how they are going to vote and nobody is changing anybody's mind by what they say.

   I demand a recount! I refuse to be ranked as a "2nd Banana" in anything.