• NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      I’m still not convinced that either of these are good uses….

      What scares me is that we once had to read political platforms to elect someone and to look to the newspapers or evening news to help us stay informed. And as technology progressed, we have found dumber and dumber reasons to form opinions about global events - we don’t like someone’s voice, or they wore the wrong outfit, or the building looks shabby. And now we enter a world where we are going to judge people and events based on fabricated material, which I find terrifying.

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          17 hours ago

          Yeah, before the internet every little town had a few lunatics and mentally challenged people, but they were alone. The net has connected them and gave them a voice, and by god, is it loud and obnoxious.

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        19 hours ago

        And now we enter a world where we are going to judge people and events based on fabricated material, which I find terrifying.

        If it’s something they choose to share themselves, directly linked to their name, I think it’s fair to judge them on that.

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          12 hours ago

          I agree that we can judge the creator, at least initially. However, this is like Pandora’s box where you can’t put the contents back in. If falsified content is released that tarnishes the reputation of someone else, that will spread beyond the original creator and stay in the public domain for years.

          It’s not inconceivable that we enter a world of faked videos depicting speeches, war crimes, sexual affairs, etc that may very well be fakes, and they will get harder and harder to distinguish from reality

      • SourGumGum@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        What scares me is that we once had to read political platforms to elect someone and to look to the newspapers or evening news to help us stay informed.

        Both highly biased sources, I’m glad they’re not our only options these days.