AI has hallucinations, it is mathematically inevitable it will make false statements

[Brigit]

Now back to the subject of Wal Thornhill's observation about "wasting most of the computing power on Earth for virtual reality" computer models in science. His analysis provides a good way of looking at it and quantifying what is going on with a i . The demands on power and water aside, there have also been quadrupalling costs in RAM for home computers:

• Wikipedia: The 2024–2026 global memory supply shortage is an ongoing period of supply constraints and rapid price escalation in the semiconductor memory market, particularly affecting DRAM and NAND flash memory. Unlike the 2020–2023 global chip shortage, which stemmed primarily from pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, this shortage is driven by a structural reallocation of manufacturing capacity toward high-margin products for artificial intelligence infrastructure, creating scarcity in consumer and enterprise PC markets.[2][3]

[Maol]

This AI thing is beginning to appear to me as a psyop intended to stifle credible intellectual discourse by spreading so much misinformation most people will not be able to determine the truth, like scattering chaff blinds radar from identifying the actual target, just fill the zone with trash.

Whack-a-mole: US academic fights to purge his AI deepfakes
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-wha ... ge-ai.html
In a new, deception-filled internet, rapid advancements in generative AI distort shared realities and empower anonymous scammers to target professionals with public-facing profiles.

As deepfake videos of John Mearsheimer multiplied across YouTube, the American academic rushed to have them taken down, embarking on a grueling fight that laid bare the challenges of combating AI-driven impersonation.

The international relations scholar spent months pressing the Google-owned platform to remove hundreds of deepfakes, an uphill battle that stands as a cautionary tale for professionals vulnerable to disinformation and identity theft in the age of AI.

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-wha ... ge-ai.html

[Brigit]

From Maol's link,

• "One fabricated clip, which also surfaced on TikTok, purported to show the academic commenting on Japan's strained relations with China after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed support for Taiwan in November.
  
  Another lifelike AI clip, featuring a Mandarin voiceover aimed at a Chinese audience, purported to show Mearsheimer claiming that American credibility and influence were weakening in Asia as Beijing surged ahead."

This is an example of a platform which has changed its terms of service. This thread touches on that problem.

One of the recent changes was that, in the updated terms of service for channels on Youtube, content creators grant permission for Youtube to add voiceovers and translations. This is exactly what has happened here.

Another recent update to their terms of service allows Youtube to place new advertisements from your newer sponsors inside of your old videos. Now this appears to be a convenience, but in fact is giving a TechBro-owned platform the right to hind-cast other materials into your older publications, in my opinion. --Don't forget they are taking the right upon themselves to place different titles on videos as well.