A Nasruddin Parable for the AI Age: Choosing Truth Still Requires a Human
MazMansoor · x · 2026-09-09
A short parable making the rounds: Nasruddin asks a machine for wisdom and gets ten impressive answers. "Which one is true?" he asks. The machine pauses: "That," it replies, "still requires a human." A neat one-liner on AI generating plenty of plausible content while judgment of truth remains ours.
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