Deceit.blog: #purity-testing https://deceit.blog/tag/purity-testing Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "purity-testing". en Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:08:07 GMT 60 Nobody in This Fight Has Clean Hands https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. Somewhere on Threads right now, an artist is quote posting an AI image with three words: this is theft. Under it, for emphasis: good artists borrow, great artists steal. Nobody edits the second line out. Nobody catches the problem. The problem is not small, and it is not the only one in the caption.… Hank Green Used a Tool and the Left Ate Him Alive: Why Purity Testing Is a Losing Strategy https://deceit.blog/essay/hank-green-ai-purity-test https://deceit.blog/essay/hank-green-ai-purity-test Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Explain. The firestorm started with six words. "I appreciate the pushback." In late July 2026, a clip went around from Ask Hank Anything, the Q&A show on Complexly's YouTube channel. In it, Hank Green appeared to be reading AI prompt feedback that had been left in his script. Chatbots say that phrase all the…