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There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’
Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning
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- 22 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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- Richard Pine
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Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning
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There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’
Quackery, fakery and deceit are all too obvious in this modern frontier of machine-learning
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