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eppur_se_muova

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3. Saw this coming from a long way back ... helps to be a SF reader.

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 10:56 AM

Dec 2022

William Gibson wrote a story in which deepfake blackmail was used to influence a political candidate -- in one of his firsts books, back in the 80s. But I've been waiting for this to come ever since seeing the first realistic ray-tracing pictures even before then.

Technological progress is great, as long as you don't anticipate the downside.

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AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease [View all] sl8 Dec 2022 OP

Important article to see & read. Coming down the road right at ya. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #1

Yet another reason why I will not get into that piranha pool. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2022 #2

Saw this coming from a long way back ... helps to be a SF reader. eppur_se_muova Dec 2022 #3

Well, that saved me some work... NJCher Dec 2022 #4

Hah NJCher Dec 2022 #5