Will these different digital audio worlds continue to exist separate, parallel, and mostly unintrusive of each other? Or will they, over the medium to long term, end up colliding in direct competition? – NiemanLab (3rd item)
Tag: 06.20.19
Seeing ISN’T Believing: The DeepFake Problem Means We Can’t Trust Any Video, Recording Or Image
DeepFakes created by artificial intelligence can now credibly fool anyone into thinking they’re real. “By combining this real clip of Albert Einstein speaking, for example, with a photo of the famous mathematician, you can quickly create a never-before-seen lecture.” But imagine the ill uses this can be put to. – The Verge
Fundamentalist Group Demands That Netflix Cancel ‘Good Omens’ — Which Is On Amazon Prime
“The [six-episode miniseries] is a black comedy about an angel (Michael Sheen) and demon (David Tennant) who conspire to sabotage the End Times after the Antichrist is born in a small British village.” The petition, which was created by a group called Return to Order and has gotten more than 20,000 signatures, says, in part, “This is another step to make Satanism appear normal, light and acceptable. … Please sign our petition, telling Netflix that we will not stand silent as they destroy the barriers of horror we still have for evil.” – Newsweek