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Ethos Ex Machina: How AI Creates Trust Without Truth

Ethos Ex Machina: How AI Creates Trust Without Truth

Update: 2025-09-19
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ethos-ex-machina-how-ai-creates-trust-without-truth.

AI does not need truth to sound credible. Discover how syntax tricks us into trusting unverified outputs across healthcare, law, and policy.

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AI-generated texts gain trust not through evidence but through structure. Passive voice, fake balance, and false references simulate authority. We must audit how AI speaks, not just what it says, or institutions will mistake form for truth.

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Ethos Ex Machina: How AI Creates Trust Without Truth

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