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hypocrisy

[hi-pok-ruh-see] / hɪˈpɒk rə si /


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Scott Shambaugh woke up early Wednesday morning to learn that an artificial intelligence bot had written a blog post accusing him of hypocrisy and prejudice.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The fact that they’re engaging in that while arguing for a unified sense of documentation shows the hypocrisy,” Hancock said.

From Salon

The French aphorist François de La Rochefoucauld remarked that “hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I have not seen so much hypocrisy in his criticism for a long time, and from all sides," he said.

From BBC

It is worse than hypocrisy, because they seek to deceive not only others but themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal