Subj : Re: You can now fact chec
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun May 04 2025 08:58 am

>  MP> AI conversational search engine Perplexity and its new WhatsApp
>  MP> integration can provide more than just idle conversation. It can help
>  MP> you figure out the truth amid the rumors and half-remembered anecdotes
>  MP> that might appear in a group chat. You can get Perplexity to immediately
>  MP> fact-check your group  chats.

> I wonder if the offer of this service is extended to people who are banned
ro
> other Meta platforms because they refuse to pose for video selfies?

Not sure.

> This is ridiculous. If you want to know the answer to something, then you
ust
> ask the experts? That's sickening.

So you would rather ask someone that knows little or anything about it than
ask an expert?  I don't see AI as being an "expert," though.  Having an
expert handy for every crazy fake thing you might here would get expensive.

> Let's try asking it if Trump colluded with Russia to rig the 2016
residential
> election.

I don't believe he did.  I believe that HRC screwed up and only camgained
to her base, just like Trump did in 2020.  That said, I doubt you'd get a
straight answer out of him if you did ask.


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