That happened decades ago. At least, you were told by "experts" that it was NOT forged.
It is so easy to lie the public. Just ask J Edgar Hoover or James Comey. At least 1/2 the public will believe anything they are told.
The day is coming when a video will be able to be produced that will be indistinguishable from the real thing.
This will not be a good thing, because nothing will be trusted.
This is way too “UNCANNY VALLEY” for me.... Not lifelike at all... just CREEPY as all hell.
As the old saying goes — “Nothing is true; everything is permitted.”
I think you’re wrong. When nobody is “Trusting” everyone will need to be convinced, not so easily fooled. Distrustful people are smarter and more likely to know the truth, seek the truth.
What you say is borne out in the Bible:
Revelation13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Yes and no. Maybe it will force people to use logic, reason, and facts to draw conclusions and not just some knee jerk based on a 12 second video clip.
What next, the media distorting the news and lying to the people...
The Internet, Web and attendant technologies have already created a situation where people are always ready to be suspicious.
The movie industry attempted the first major foray into this realm with the film Beowulf. This was done in the style of Polar Express. They are still lacking the finesse of reality but Star Wars: Rogue One gave it a fairly good shot.
That happened decades ago. At least, you were told by "experts" that it was NOT forged.
It is so easy to lie the public. Just ask J Edgar Hoover or James Comey. At least 1/2 the public will believe anything they are told.
This will not be a good thing, because nothing will be trusted.
Scott Adams makes the point that the conceit that "photos don’t lie” is and always was balderdash. All photos show what the photographer is seeing, which is hard to separate from what the photographer wants to see.So having nothing being implicitly trusted could actually be an advance.