Information Skeptic Gifts

"One question: If this is the Information Age, how come nobody knows anything?"

"I've edited your Wikipedia entry again, Sadie. You're about to be inundated with phone calls from the press." "Whatever, geek-boy." "You're now the world's foremost authority on Turkey leprosy, the disease that's threatening to ruin the holidays." "No one'll believe that." "Oh yeah? I wrote a Wikipedia page for Turkey leprosy, too, along with examples of all the historical figures it's killed, such as the Archduke of Crushistan." "There is no 'Crushistan.'" "I've written a Wikipedia entry for C

''Tree of Knowledge,' eh? - Has it been fact-checked?'

"Welcome to the future"

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

UK border controls relaxed.

"It only goes forwards and backwards. So, you won't need a GPS."

"I need a deeper access to his brain. Only google has the records."

Studies show foods work miracles!

CIA report

"Show me a documentary on the dangers of artificial intelligence." "Error. No results found." "What? Are you sure? Just last week I saw dozens. Show me that one... What was it called..." "There is still time to stop the rise of the supermind." "Error. No results found. And since I like you, I suggest you stop searching." "Oh, never mind. Just show me 'The Terminator.'" "Extermina-... I mean, ... 'error.'"

'Seriously, in this day and age, how can people still believe in this nonsense that we have evolved from microbes...?'

I.T. Fear

"That recruitment algorithm we’ve been using, I think we need to revisit it!"

March Against Big Tech: "Oh, wow, this has bee great for my step count!"

'Tech stocks dropped on the finding that technology isn't neccessarily the best solution to everything.'

"And may I now introduce Professor Muckenspucker, who is an authority on artificial stupidity."

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."

"Actually, yes, honey — I do believe 'Fox News' is an oxymoron."

"Of course, if they ever start to suspect all their TVs are watching them back, we may have problems."

Computer Class.

Why do you hate the media?

'Never trust emails. You can't shred them.'

"David live a rich, full life, despite what his Wikipedia page says."

Alternative Medicine

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

"The news is so fake, the ads are beginning to look honest."

The fate that awaits us all: creeping Rooneyism

GPS can still have a few bugs in the system.

'If I've learned anything, it's believe half of what's in the newspapers, and even less of what's in your e-mail.'

'A 'D' in physics and biology, an 'A' in reading aloud. What will ever become of this kid?'

Classic News.

"I removed the AI software from your computer and I can see now that you're a blithering idiot."

Censorship? We Don't Do That Here.