Beyond ChatGPT: AI conspiracy theories are here. Don't believe everything you read.

For as long as there have been scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations, people have been labeling them as magic, witchcraft or the product of nefarious conspiracies directed by powerful, unseen actors. Medieval metalworkers, who transformed stone into jewelry and swords, were seen as agents of either the ruling class or the supernatural, threatening the social fabric. Many still believe that the moon landing was faked in a TV studio. More recently, conspiracy theories that falsely claimed 5G cell technology spread COVID-19 led to attacks on cell towers in the United Kingdom. Artificial intelligence is a technology ready-made for conspiratorial thinking.