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 our Subscription Service where we have a bundled our bonus material from both the Missing and Crawlspace shows! Ad-free episodes and more at https://crawlspace.supportingcast.fm/. Check out Christan Marashio's work at https://www.dateologycoach.com/ and follow her on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dateologycoach This episode is sponsored by Morgan & Morgan! If you’re ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is free unless they win. For more information go to https://www.ForThePeople.com/CRAWLSPACE. 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 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod  Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast  The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound  Check out our entire network at media.com/">http://crawlspace-media.com/ Join the Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Crawlspace Media is part of the Glassbox Media Network. Check them out here: https://glassboxmedia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices