AI enables high-level fakery by anyone, making verifiability essential
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-24
The post argues that AI allows even unskilled individuals to fake high-level competence, which may not be intrinsically better than easily detected incompetence. However, the ease of verification is described as "catnip." The discussion also touches on plagiarism debates and the perceived decline in academic quality.
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