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Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

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263 points josephcsible | 1 comments | 07 Dec 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.197s | source
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crazygringo ◴[07 Dec 25 02:01 UTC] No.46178534[source]▶
To be clear, you don't need AI for this.

You can also just call the railroad and report the bridge as damaged.

Hoaxes and pranks and fake threats have been around forever.

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ares623 ◴[07 Dec 25 02:24 UTC] No.46178636[source]▶
Again, I see this argument.

“Bad X has happened before and unsolved. Why worry about bad X^2?”

Personally I’d prefer if it remained at X so solutions can catch up. But that’s just me.

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1. Bjartr ◴[07 Dec 25 02:43 UTC] No.46178698[source]▶
I think the implication is we already handle these events well enough pre-ai, and that the events are not necessarily more disruptive just because an ai was used to trigger them.

Implicit in this though is the assumption that the increase in awareness of these events has more to do with an ai being involved rather than the event actually being exceptional.