Neil DeGrasse Tyson uncovers a "deep fake"

[True Dough]

We ought to remind ourselves to question practically everything on social media today.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. Facebook

Facebook is just full of deep fakes right now. Some are obvious, some are not.

[Ocelot II]

2. And people are taken in by even the obvious ones.

[paleotn]

14. It doesn't take much to play on preconceived notions

And Facebook is one ginormous pile of preconceived notions.

[chouchou]

3. Oh yea! Well, the Neil that said the fake Neil is actually the fake Neil or the fake Neil..

...is the fake Neil that...ah...the earth is flat anyway.

[GreenWave]

10. Yes it is flat. The water flushes off the edge into flat outer space.

[chouchou]

18. Absolutely....That's why those Nebula things are kinda' fuzzy.

[Silent Type]

4. Don't care how many deep fake videos I see, I won't believe the world is flat. In fact, on FB, I'd hide all sources

with posts like that.

I do get that fake stuff might influence/misinfluence some people, but most folks can cut through the BS.

[True Dough]

5. MAGAts

are about 30% of the U.S. population. That does make them the minority, but they're the most gullible lot in the face of the (not flat) Earth!

[sl8]

7. Sure, but I'd guess that he chose that topic as an example just because it's so outrageous and unbelievable.

It's the more subtle deepfakes that are going to be a problem.

[Silent Type]

9. People are smart enough to get it, some just don't care.

[PJMcK]

6. Facebook?!

It's another baffling phenomenon of our times that people spend so much time on that corrupt and dishonest platform.

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[COL Mustard]

11. Seriously, if the Earth was flat

We wouldn’t call it Earth. We’d call it Frisbee!

[Warpy]

12. Not a very good one

Even before the punch line I kept asking "what the hell is wrong with his mouth? Too much whitener? It just doesn't go with his face.

If my blind ass can pick it up, there is hope for many of us.

AI isn't perfect. It's not going to fool everyone. It's not going to replace most of us at our jobs, just the jobs that do the most boring shit. It's also not going to be our best friend because AI really can't handle that kind of human complexity, we turn it psychotic. We'll have to put up with bullshit for a while, but eventually it will turn into a useful tool.

[paleotn]

16. The human brain is a wonderful device.

Sometimes picking up anomalies we’re not even conscious of. How many times has each of us said ….that just doesn’t look right?

[Warpy]

17. Complexity and unforeseen variables

totally flummox AI but the human brain expects them and thrives on them.

I can see AI doing QC, narrowly defined analysis, and ther boring and literally mind numbing tasks better than we can.

I certainly hope China sees the possibilities for QC, it's something their manufacturing seems to lack...a lot. I expect them to use advanced chips and programming to oppress their urban population even more, though, that's where Xi is headed. They're more afraid of their own people and with very good reason, if you know their history.

[Prairie_Seagull]

13. I have the time to do deeper dives but

what about the average, still busy in life person?

[paleotn]

15. And why there's a movement to disengage from social media entirely

“AI slop” is one of the most recent reasons.