So, there's this band that supposedly has existed since 2010s. It has some videos on Youtube. Some live recordings as well. A lot of comments there. It also has a homepage and Bandcamp page.
All seems well, except one small detail. I don't remember such band from that time. Hmm, strange...
Anyway, yesterday, while watching one of their live videos, I noticed a glitch and it struck me that I'm probably watching AI generated slop. Checked out some of their other videos and found some other glitches. Everything is very believable, bad sound quality, live singing, shaky camera and all that... except those small glitches.
In short, it's possible that this band doesn't exist. What's more, it probably has never existed. Could it be some kind of an experiment? Maybe they are testing whether they can pull such thing off?
Sure, I know there are a lot of fake things out there. What makes this one stand out, however, is its retroactivity. As if it already existed. In short, retroactive molding of our reality.
There's a dead internet theory. Which states that the internet is actually much, much emptier than it seems. That most of the internet is actually generated by bots and AI. What if they are trying to do the same with reality itself? Like, how many facts and events you have actually witnessed yourself in real life? How many you've just discovered and read about on the internet? The only way to be sure that something did in fact happen or existed before is to cross reference it in real life. Meet some people who actually do remember it being a thing. Or have witnessed it. Or participated in it.
What I'm talking here is manufacturing of events and facts which not only are fake, but which have never existed before their introduction into our info sphere. It's like inventing new Shakespeare who's not only fake, but who has never existed before. Not in 1500s, not in 1990s, not in 2000s.
Well, I don't know I'm correct on this or not, but it seemed like a scary thought. That they are aiming and soon might be able to fake not only current events, but the actual reality itself. It's a thin line between a simple fake and a retroactive one, but it's a significant one.
Yep, I woudn't be surprised to learn that a lot of what we see on TV is fake. Either pure AI or simply actors pretending to participate in those contests and such.
However, a very important aspect here is retroactivity. In your example, it would be like a homeless guy winning X Factor back in 2005 while in reality he didn't. Faking not only the guy himself, but the whole event which supposedly took place in the past. It would involve faking the guy, faking the winning and faking happy public celebrating his win, congratulatory comments and such.
I don't know if I'm explaining it well enough, but this retroactivity was a key aspect of my post. Not only fakeness itself, but the retroactive nature of it.
No you did explain it, I only chimed in with my anecdote purely for the basic similarities.
It's nothing new. Back in the 60's, 70's and 80's a pretty fair amount of contestants on game shows ended up being in movies and commercials. It was explained that they were "discovered", but was likely an early role. Only difference now is AI can easily create that content and the "actor" is really only needed for making public appearances. Stunt men are most likely going to be replaced by AI if they haven't already. Always been a lot of fake B.S. in this world.
Yeah, sure, but my main point was that it's being injected into our reality as already happened. For example, Shakespeare might very vell be fake, but if you ask your parents or grandparents, they'll remember reading him in school. Fake or not, but he's been a thing since forever. Now, in case of retroactive fake, it would be that the internet is full of info how Shakespeare is a great author, his texts, articles about him and such, but in reality no one would remember reading him in school or anywhere else.
See, this molding of past was what got me thinking about it. Not just a fake, but a fake in time as well.
And that leads to my point about building a library of older books. Might be wise to start now
Yep, true that!