You can both be right and probably are. Just how much will AI have impacted the world before programmed falsehoods cause a problem? Does the "loop" ever actually need to be closed before they can get you in the pod with the bugs?

The supply chain at the end of the day requires some truth. After all, if the bread and circuses don't actually get delivered the whole charade goes tits up. But man, look how many lies they are able to squeeze in the gaps to bend the system to their will.

AI is currently being used to parse speech on xbox live servers to auto-ban the no-no word sayers. Think about the applications of this. All those things the governments of the world didn't crack down on because it did not have the time and manpower, it suddenly has both.

January 6 2021 a loose collection of leftist redditors spent their days after the event combing through the footage to identify people who were there and tip the FBI off. 2024, for the UK riots, AI is doing it.