The short history of wrong information on the Internet.
The First Era: wrong information is mostly spread by people who believe in it and want to enlighten others.
The Second Era: wrong information is aggregated by SEO experts who focus on driving as much traffic as possible without caring about the quality of information.
The Third Era: LLMs are used to produce completely wrong but conceivable information on industrial scale.
@mgorny normal, everyday morons are already producing so much misinformation that I don't think LLMs can make the problem any worse. The sheer volume is already too much to grasp and you already need trusted sources. People are very good at producing conceivable bullshit and train in it from the moment they can speak after all.
