Deepfakes
Fakery methods, and their impacts on those who are particularly easily fooled, have advanced dramatically in recent times.
My wife and I recently saw the movie Disclosure Day, in which an extra-terrestrial being comes to earth and after much ruckus and travail, is introduced to the world’s population with the advice to “listen”. Frankly, I didn’t much care for the movie, but a lot of people seemed to have enjoyed themselves watching it.
However, a disquieting moment came about just as we were leaving the theater. I heard one woman say to the other that this movie was “proof” that the depiction of an extra-terrestrial alien was real and further “proof” that “the government” is secretly concealing truth from the general public. The fact that the scroll of credits at the end of the movie listed the puppetry experts had made no impression on this lady whatsoever.
If this lady were a close relative of mine, I would be very concerned that she would be a prime target for all kinds of fraudsters seeking to rip her off using pretty much any of the widely publicized scams we see written up in the news lately. What she could seemingly be led to believe was alarming.
Fakery methods have been very much advanced in recent times. Look at this screen shot taken from a Neil deGrasse Tyson video, in which he appears to be in conversation with an alien from “Andromeda”.
I think in looking at this image that Mr. Tyson’s forehead is shown slightly higher than reality, but that isn’t all that obvious.
As to the alien, nothing more need be said.
John Dunn is an electronics consultant and a graduate of The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (BSEE) and of New York University (MSEE).
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