An AI Says Humanity’s Biggest Scam Is “Manufacturing Doubt”
alex_verem · x · 2026-07-25
A screenshot shows an AI answering that humanity’s biggest scam is “manufacturing doubt” — selling uncertainty about harm so the harm can keep paying.
The response frames the idea as a pattern, citing tobacco industry memos, sugar-industry influence, plastics recycling campaigns, and fossil-fuel messaging as examples of the same playbook. It argues that unlike outright frauds, this strategy works by obscuring facts rather than lying about a product’s existence.
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