Google's woke AI Overview now claims that "War of the Worlds" by HG Wells was "inspired by the plight of Aboriginal Tasmanians after European colonization", which... I have never seen any evidence for. Its source for this outlandish claim? Fucking Wikipedia... - Kotaku In Action 2

Google's woke AI Overview now claims that "War of the Worlds" by HG Wells was "inspired by the plight of Aboriginal Tasmanians after European colonization", which... I have never seen any evidence for. Its source for this outlandish claim? Fucking Wikipedia... (media.kotakuinaction2.win)

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– bamboozler1 [S] 5 points 7 days ago +5 / -0

*Bark huts. IF that. Most of them didn't even get that far...

Though the propaganda has been so persuasive that my own parents now believe that they had agriculture, astrology, etc. (which they didn't)...

"Fields of yams", I'm now told. And "wild rice".

No one, literally no one would have believed those things, even 10-15 years ago, so it's quite astounding how quickly the "highly advanced civilization but also noble savage" myths have gained traction...

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