'AI is the most sophisticated scam ever' claim mocked as holdouts dwindle
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-10-17
Journalist Seth Harpe claimed AI is a deliberate scam—a machine mimicking intelligent output that fleeced investors of trillions. Dan Jeffries amplified Noah Smith's mockery: being one of the last "AI is fake" holdouts must be blissful, living in a cloud of personal fantasies. Another round in the long-running debate over AI's real capabilities.
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