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RandomNumbers

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33. Ahem.
Fri Mar 28, 2025, 07:04 PM
Mar 2025

I was favorable to your position. (I only wish I had seen some evidence that AI could write this well, when I presented MS Copilot some programming problems, just to see what it could do. I haven't been bothered recently.)

But you claim as evidence of being AI-generated:

Exaggerated statistics and claims: While the text claims to present factual information, some of the statistics (e.g., millions of people over 110 receiving benefits) are presented in a way that is designed to create shock value, and are easily disproven. The combination of shock value and innacurate statistics is a red flag.


BUT WAIT. Here is the context in the post that you are blaming for "innacurate (sic) statistics":

In his recent speech to Congress, Trump stood before the nation and claimed that millions of “dead” people were still in the Social Security system, draining taxpayer dollars with fraudulent checks. He said there were 4.7 million people aged 100 to 109 still on the rolls. He claimed 3.6 million people over the age of 110 were receiving benefits. By the time he suggested nearly 3.5 million people aged 140 to 149 were cashing Social Security checks, it sounded less like a speech and more like a fevered rant from a man who still believes windmills cause cancer.
The numbers weren’t just wrong — they were laughably impossible. The SSA’s own data shows that only about 44,000 records with unverifiable birthdates are still linked to active benefits. The agency has long had automated systems in place that suspend payments for anyone listed as 115 or older unless they actively prove they’re alive. Trump’s wild claims about centenarians on the take weren’t just exaggerated — they were fantasy.


The piece is not making any assertion about "millions of people over 110 receiving benefits" - it is asserting that TRUMP stated that, and that it was FALSE.

While I agree with many of your points, you missed on this one.

What I would REALLY like to see on posts like the OP (preferably from the original writer, but alternatively, crowd-sourced by DU members) is citations. Like, link to the speech where Trump stated those things. (I bet if we search DU we could even find references to that speech right here.) Another one from the OP: "The Social Security Administration is in the process of closing 47 field offices across the country. " I'm pretty sure that's true, but wouldn't it be great if we linked to the factual corroboration of that? (sort of like Wikipedia).
I see more problems with the paragraph that begins "For many seniors, this new system is impossible to navigate. The online portal is a minefield for those unfamiliar with technology." While I sense that that is probably true - it is rather subjective and it would be nice to point to a survey or SOMETHING that backs up the statement, and the following statements that are similarly problematic.

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I thought it stood for Otto_Harper Mar 2025 #31
THAT'S a good one, too, Otto_Harper! calimary Mar 2025 #32
Here is my image to go with the name Otto_Harper Mar 2025 #34
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It's a street-full of Senator Rick Scotts ! Seinan Sensei Mar 2025 #42
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This needs to be shouted from the rafters Martin Eden Mar 2025 #4
But first, they have to get this message. dchill Mar 2025 #38
I was told here, just to relax, gab13by13 Mar 2025 #5
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #6
This piece was definitely written by AI... JCMach1 Mar 2025 #7
piece written by AI? bfoxmatt Mar 2025 #8
I right away picked up on AI generated phrasing JCMach1 Mar 2025 #13
I Googled "cruelty wrapped in a spreadsheet" SpankMe Mar 2025 #18
👍🏻 I am sure there is a big footprint if you deep dive JCMach1 Mar 2025 #22
i don't care moonbeam23 Mar 2025 #26
Ahem. RandomNumbers Mar 2025 #33
The report from where? dpibel Mar 2025 #35
Would love to know if there is any way in hell to tell. Sparkly Mar 2025 #41
This is their plan: see below (not AI) Timeflyer Mar 2025 #9
I would hope voters will turn against them soon IronLionZion Mar 2025 #20
A brilliant and eloquent... GiqueCee Mar 2025 #10
See Heather Cox Richardson this morning erronis Mar 2025 #11
She was spot on this morning. Very disturbing though😟 LaRaven Mar 2025 #17
Our stable geniuses obviously dont understand income multipliers IbogaProject Mar 2025 #12
What's the source of this information? Can you provide a link? oldmanlynn Mar 2025 #14
... babylonsister Mar 2025 #21
That is the whole point. mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #15
Who wrote this? eShirl Mar 2025 #16
"They're eating the dogs!" Harker Mar 2025 #19
I'm calling my two Senators every day on Social Security and recommend ALL of you do as well - DAILY PatrickforB Mar 2025 #23
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Effin evil malaise Mar 2025 #24
Psychopaths like to break things. B.See Mar 2025 #25
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They are the fraudsters. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #28
someone recently told me "families aren't reporting the deaths" Skittles Mar 2025 #29
DOEGing(Dodging) taxes OldDem1 Mar 2025 #37
Anxiety and uncertainty about the future of social services isn't . . . Aussie105 Mar 2025 #40
What Trump & Musk have in common is that they both hate the U.S. & Americans elocs Mar 2025 #43
Yet people believe this horseshit. King_Klonopin Mar 2025 #45
Don't forget the 100K+ centenarians dpibel Mar 2025 #47
Thank You. I never knew there were so many. King_Klonopin Mar 2025 #48
The Trump gang's SS ratfucking of S.S. is threatening the lives of millions... Jack Valentino Mar 2025 #46
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