{"slug": "in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers", "title": "In the AI age, we must all be fact-checkers", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "THINKING ALOUD\n\n# In the AI age, we must all be fact-checkers\n\nIdentifying artificial intelligence-generated content is getting more difficult but we should not stop trying\n\n[SINGAPORE] In the movie* Blade Runner*, there are “replicants” – bioengineered humanoids that are almost indistinguishable from regular humans.\n\nThe fictional Voight-Kampff test is used to detect these androids [so Harrison Ford can retire (that is, kill) them](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/harrison-ford-get-lifetime-acting-award).\n\nThe 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](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/blade-runner-2049-producer-sues-tesla-warner-bros-over-ai-images).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers", "published_at": "2026-08-03 23:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-03 23:23:29.923885+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["The Business Times", "Blade Runner", "Philip K Dick"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-ai-age-we-must-all-be-fact-checkers.jsonld"}}