From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > On 2025-12-29 15:35, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >   
   > > As we saw recently, Doc was completely fooled by a fake   
   > > AI video that pretended to show a "Christian" parade in   
   > > London -- and Doc fell for it and posted it here as if it were   
   > > a real parade that really happened.   
   > >   
   > > There are other fake videos that are starting to pop up, in   
   > > which some dishonest people make fake videos of real   
   > > people, and have them saying things the real person has   
   > > never said. And gullible people who don't know better are   
   > > being misled into believing it's the real person.   
   > >   
   > > It's a shame that AI is being used for illegitimate reasons,   
   > > because I believe it has the potential to produced good   
   > > things when used properly. I hope our society will be able   
   > > to correct the problems some dishonest people are able   
   > > to cause as of now.   
   > >   
   > > Here's an example, in which a writer and video creator is   
   > > having to deal with dishonest creeps who are stealing his   
   > > image and making it appear that he is saying things he's   
   > > never said:   
   > >   
   > > Video title: "Victor Davis Hanson: Beware — AI Is Putting   
   > > Words Into My Mouth"   
   > >   
   > > https://youtu.be/NNA76LTq4ic?t=17   
   > >   
   > > I've seen some of the fake videos to which he refers, and   
   > > they are almost convincing -- but not quite. Someone who   
   > > doesn't know better could fall for the fake versions, however.   
   >   
   > I notice he blames everyone other than the corporations   
   > who provide the technology that encourage people to do this.   
      
   Are you saying the technology is bad? Should we blame   
   a car manufacturer when a person driving one of that   
   manufacturer's cars uses it to intentionally drive it   
   into a crowd of people?   
      
   The podcaster is correctly blaming the people who are   
   intentionally misusing the technology.   
      
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