they can also help you avoid being scammed, swindled, misled, conned, or manipulated.

After all, isn't that basically what Paolini is doing here? Fooling people into thinking Eragon and Roran and co. are amazing noble heroes? And so on?

And in today's world of fake everything, the ability to tell the difference between what is true and what is too-good-to-be-true is absolutely vital.

Oh yeah. My autism could well be a contributing factor but I've found I have a natural knack for instantly recognising that horrible creepy AI generated stuff. Ethics aside, it makes me incredibly uncomfortable to the point of becoming upset.