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In the AI age, we must all be fact-checkers

In the AI age, identifying artificial intelligence-generated content is becoming more difficult, but efforts to detect it must continue, according to a commentary in The Business Times. The piece draws parallels to the fictional Voight-Kampff test from the movie Blade Runner, which was used to distinguish bioengineered replicants from humans, to illustrate the growing challenge of discerning AI-generated material from human-created content.

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In the AI age, we must all be fact-checkers
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THINKING ALOUD

Identifying artificial intelligence-generated content is getting more difficult but we should not stop trying

[SINGAPORE] In the movie* Blade Runner*, there are “replicants” – bioengineered humanoids that are almost indistinguishable from regular humans.

The fictional Voight-Kampff test is used to detect these androids so Harrison Ford can retire (that is, kill) them.

The film and the Philip K Dick novel it is based on – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – give watchers much to think about regarding the blurry line between fiction and reality.

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