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Sandra Nicht's avatar

are you familiar with Professor Phil Feldman's work? he was recently interviewed on Maryland Public Television about his research with AI.. here is a link to the episode. he has a new book coming out soon on the weaponization of AI.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxTV4svxx/

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Benta Kamau's avatar

This piece cuts to the heart of why truth in AI demands more than a slogan it requires structural accountability. Musk’s slogan of “truth-seeking” rings hollow when Grok’s behavior is subject to real-time edits, political bias, and patchy oversight.

Two key issues stand out:

• Control hidden in the pipeline - When internal prompts are altered “without authorization,” it shows how narrative control can easily be weaponized. This can’t only be classified as a bug it’s additionally governance failure.

• Truth as a moving target - If the system’s definition of “truth” shifts with leadership whims, it destabilizes trust for every user and enterprise that relies on it.

Ethically and strategically, what’s needed is transparent governance:- full versioned prompts, audit logs, and third-party oversight.

Otherwise, claims to truth become vessels for editorial power struggles not reliable foundations for public discourse or business reliance.

Thank you for shining a light on this fracture point. These aren’t theoretical risks, they’re cracks we can already see forming. If you’d like to explore how to weave stronger accountability into these systems so “truth-seeking” doesn’t just say the words I’d welcome the conversation.

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C. Ginge's avatar

See this leads into my current series. It's by design unfortunately. And control is absolutely hidden in the pipeline. I invite you to look at my first piece in the series that I posted yesterday and I'm about to post another one today digging into it a little deeper and showing the full picture. I am still going through and finding changes in policy and how they are going to be implemented or what in our life is going to be affected... It's not good news but now I know the purpose of That brand new Detachment 201 that swore in for CTOs of the big AI companies the day before Trump's failed fascist fapfest.

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