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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

I was a bit hysterical about the AI porn thing, thinking of the destabilization of society. But then the Deimos crew helped center me, and now I'm wondering if someones wants to make it a threesome between Harari, Billio Gate' and Anthonee Faucee'? Maybe the leviathan needs to be destroyed, and this is just a new powerful tool in that regard.

Indeed, a good reminder, one must be very vigilant about imagery as manipulation. Media is in some way like a global mesmerization, the American experiment co-opted by Intelligence, toward some worse than dystopian destination. Take your eye off the screen awhile and take a walk in the woods. Plant a garden. I know if I don't ground myself like that I start to get lost in the madness.

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Felix R Savage's avatar

Appreciate the optimism on AI. I see it the same way. Recently read "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television", first published during the Carter administration. The author prophetically identifies and dissects the many problems with screens, centering on the fact that they construct fake realities that colonize the human imagination.

https://www.amazon.com/Arguments-Elimination-Television-Jerry-Mander/dp/0688082742

It has taken way too long for us to learn to DIStrust images on screens. Hopefully the spread of deepfakery will be a tipping point for many.

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