Is That True?

Have we entered an era where AI programs, like xAIs Grok 4,combined with Quantum Computing power, have made it impossible to discern truthand reality from their sophisticated creations, clever deceptions and outrightforgeries?Have many prominent members of the traditional mediasuccumbed to political interference in their honest presentation of thenews?Has absolute truth suffered a fatal wound with the forcefuladvent of subjective truth into every area of life?What can we really believe in this age of clever deception?In their new book,Is That True? Discerning Truth inan Age of Deception, authorsLarry WillardandChuckStephensteam up to confront the confusion on these topics and 24 majorissues that are prevalent in todays public space and media news. In Parts Iand II, Larry tackles how media news evolved from reporting news to what hasnow become a type of infotainment, with many obscuring the issues of truth withintentional mixes of partisan political deceptions. He then takes a hard lookat the capabilities of AI artificial intelligence when married to quantumcomputing, noting where it is going and asks if there is a danger that it maylead us into artificial truth, with the inability to discern what is real, anddeliver the tool for a powerful form of cultural slavery, without properbuilt-in safeguards and regulations.