This eerily lifelike video is completely computer generated.
A product of Sora AI.
And whether anyone is capable of doing anything about it.
Worse still, swing elections or even start wars?
The consequences of this technology are endless and impossible to predict.
And beg the question, ever be able to believe our eyes again?
Well the answer might have already presented itself, thanks to Google.
And anything we touch as its limits.
Another Post query for representative images of the Founding Fathers in 1789 was also far from reality.
Famed pollster and FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver also joined the fray.
So what’s the logic behind all this?
It’s hard to get answers.
First because Google has already “paused” Gemini.
And because the guy in charge of the project isn’t taking questions.
Some are suggesting the answer can be found in old Tweets of his.
Ones that seem to suggest he’s no fan of Caucasians, despite being one himself.
Or perhaps this was intended as a noble effort.
Maybe Google just wanted toimprovereality by substituting in their own fantasies.
Google should’ve seen this one coming.
So it’s back to the ol' drawin' board.
And eliminate any unfortunate associations with a certain socialist party from the mid-20th century.
But at the same time, there’s no reason to expect historic accuracy.
And we should embrace the idea.
Future generations don’t need to be able to know what things looked like or actually were.
They need to see an idealized, Silicon Valley version.
–Want to Pope John Paul II?
Get a Sri Lankan lady.
–Ask for the Norwegian commandos who blew up the German’s nuclear research facility in the 1940s?
Get Sioux warriors who won at Little Big Horn.
–Search for the crew of Admiral Nelson’sHMS Victoryat Trafalgar?
Get the Saracens who rode for Saladin against the Crusaders.
–Show me the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade?
Get Carnivale in Rio.
–Want to see ABBA?
–Ask to see the 1980 Miracle on Ice team?
Get the Jamaican bobsledders.
I’d certainly rather look a her than myself.
Besides, truth is subjective.
AI will make everything better.
The next few years of human existence are going to be positively WILD.
