This world we’re living in is changing in ways we can’t even comprehend.
Not sure I agree (currrently) with the theory that we’re living in a simulation, but with all these AI advances and tools like the Vision Pro, we sure heading that way.
I love technology, and I think it can help us grow in many ways. Give us access to knowledge that can help us understand better this world.
But we most make sure not to loose ourselves so much in it, that we loose our humanity.
Another concern is that deep fakes will become so good and so ubiquitous that it will force us all into a government online ID because that will be the only way to have any amount of trust online
Thanks for this piece David. I had read a brief headline about this development, but had not realized quite how drastically this will change the visual landscape. As a mother, the first thing that came to mind is how children's images could now be readily translated into pornographic entertainment, among all the other possible abuses for distorting reality.
"It will make it impossible to trust much that we see on film, and ignite a billion-dollar quest to solve that problem." This might ironically lead us back to valuing reality and face-to-face relationships more deelpy, as only unmediated encounters will soon be fully trustworthy.
"There’s something so gloriously weird about this; a machine dreaming of a world that was already a machine-generated dream." Well said.
This world we’re living in is changing in ways we can’t even comprehend.
Not sure I agree (currrently) with the theory that we’re living in a simulation, but with all these AI advances and tools like the Vision Pro, we sure heading that way.
I love technology, and I think it can help us grow in many ways. Give us access to knowledge that can help us understand better this world.
But we most make sure not to loose ourselves so much in it, that we loose our humanity.
Another concern is that deep fakes will become so good and so ubiquitous that it will force us all into a government online ID because that will be the only way to have any amount of trust online
I can’t think of anything in life other than new tech that’s so consistently fascinating and troubling in equal measure.
Thanks for this piece David. I had read a brief headline about this development, but had not realized quite how drastically this will change the visual landscape. As a mother, the first thing that came to mind is how children's images could now be readily translated into pornographic entertainment, among all the other possible abuses for distorting reality.
"It will make it impossible to trust much that we see on film, and ignite a billion-dollar quest to solve that problem." This might ironically lead us back to valuing reality and face-to-face relationships more deelpy, as only unmediated encounters will soon be fully trustworthy.
keep it coming Dave