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An AI tool can distinguish between a conspiracy theory and a true conspiracy – it comes down to how easily the story falls apart

  • Written by Timothy R. Tangherlini, Professor of Danish Literature and Culture, University of California, Berkeley
An AI tool can distinguish between a conspiracy theory and a true conspiracy – it comes down to how easily the story falls apartIn the age of social media, conspiracy theories are collective creations.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The audio on the otherwise shaky body camera footage is unusually clear. As police officers search a handcuffed man who moments before had fired a shot inside a pizza parlor, an officer asks him why he was there. The man says to investigate a pedophile...

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