Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna dig into the Twitter account known as Gerard Courcy AKA @Hardcorehangout. We question if Gerard is a real person or bot in this peek into artificial intelligence use on social media. We also look at his tweets about Gabby Petito and the Idaho 4 cases and ask if it's possible that Gerard has inside sources. We also speak with Christan Marashio who is known as Dateology Coach on social media. Guest Christan Marashio helps us navigate the turbulent waters of bots on Twitter and the consequences of spreading misinformation.

Check out Christan Marashio's work at https://www.dateologycoach.com/ and follow her on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dateologycoach

Sources:

https://twitter.com/hardcorehangout.

https://twitter.com/hardcorehangout/status/1439330133492576264.

https://twitter.com/hardcorehangout/status/1608471635572719618?s=20.

https://twitter.com/hardcorehangout/status/1608302424208326658.

https://tedbauer.medium.com/idaho-4-what-is-up-with-gerard-courcy-on-the-ol-twitter-159135fc8ce8.

ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/fake-news-chatgpt-has-a-knack-for-making-up-phony-anonymous-sources/4120307/.

https://tweethunter.io/.

https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=gerardcourcy&t=1679670516175.

https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=hardcorehangout&t=1679670778815

https://www.tiktok.com/@dateologycoach/video/7189382915028028715

https://www.tiktok.com/@dateologycoach/video/7184497576035601706

https://www.tiktok.com/@julianamoreiraleite/video/7201226506134179077

https://www.tiktok.com/@indytru/video/7189706163422793003

https://www.tiktok.com/@indytru/video/7189692585835875626

https://www.tiktok.com/@ritah0144/video/7184140660180536619

https://blog.hubspot.com/website/how-to-make-a-twitter-bot

https://www.amazon.com/Forced-Bot-Write-This-Book/dp/152485834X

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