{"id":189646,"date":"2026-02-22T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/the-ghost-in-the-machine-is-just-us-ai-pinch-hits-but-theres-a-problem\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:20:09","slug":"the-ghost-in-the-machine-is-just-us-ai-pinch-hits-but-theres-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/the-ghost-in-the-machine-is-just-us-ai-pinch-hits-but-theres-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The ghost in the machine is just us&#8217; \u2014 AI pinch hits. But there&#8217;s a problem&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/columnists\/2026\/02\/22\/artificial-intelligence-gemini-neil-steinberg\">&#8216;The ghost in the machine is just us&#8217; \u2014 AI pinch hits. But there&#8217;s a problem&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/columnists\/2026\/02\/22\/artificial-intelligence-gemini-neil-steinberg\">https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/columnists\/2026\/02\/22\/artificial-intelligence-gemini-neil-steinberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-22 11:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"chicago.suntimes.com\">chicago.suntimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The author reflects on the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) over the years and how it has increasingly replaced human-focused tasks.<\/li>\n<li>They use AI to generate fake scenarios and narratives to highlight the dangers of unquestioned reliance on technology.<\/li>\n<li>The author questions the future role of truth in an era where AI can create compelling yet entirely fictitious stories.<\/li>\n<li>The discussion touches on historical fears of technological disruption, comparing AI&#8217;s potential impacts to past anxieties about the telephone, radio, and television.<\/li>\n<li>Ultimately, the author suggests society&#8217;s shift in values and trust in authority, rather than technological advancements, may pose the bigger threat to human values. <\/li>\n<li>The year&#8217;s column, in part crafted by AI, ends with a reflection on the changing nature of truth and authenticity in an AI-driven world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The ghost in the machine is just us&#8217; \u2014 AI pinch hits. But there&#8217;s a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f41da13\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1024x585+0+220\/resize\/1461x834!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F92%2F7e%2F89f3e825485e9e8eb73c2da15c46%2Funnamed-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-189646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189648,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189646\/revisions\/189648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}