Media

The Headline Lies

You scroll through your favorite news source at breakfast. Two things can happen.

Do you click on the headline?

You don’t click

You start the day with the same awareness as if you had clicked. Because you produce the article for the headline in your mind.

Your own Large Language Model uses all your life experiences in the framework of personal desires, prejudices, and self-identity. The energy required for this is just a muffin and a coffee.

Sorry, ChatGPT, still room for improvement!

You click

Then it turns out that there is no world war yet, the economy has not collapsed, the government has not fallen, and even the breasts of the pretty top model are not visible. Disappointment, not what you expected.

You’re cheated

Your favorite news channel is always making money. The advertiser pays for the clicks, and the underlying political interest group pays for the mind-shaping headlines.

The circus show is fun. Critical thinking is at a premium.