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On 1/6/2026 12:14 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 15:43:34 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
Pearls Before Swine: AI Videos
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2026/01/04
Yup, I am having a problem believing any video that I see now.
I long ago concluded that everything I saw on a screen was unreliable.
But that was implicitly limited to movies, TV shows, DVD extras, and
so on.
Ironically, as this is happening, the Courts appear to be moving
toward following the video evidence.
The first photo supposedly showing Maduro's kidnapping turned out to
be AI.
Yesterday, I saw a YT video of a (known, real) judge giving an
account of telling Barron Trump that he couldn't use his father
to evade responsibility for an assault at a party.
But ... a judge wouldn't give such a speech, and he had very
little motion - his head and lips would move, but not much else.
There was also very little variation in intonation.
I was quite suspicious, and checking Snopes, yes, it was a
deepfake.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barron-trump-frank-caprio-guilty-assault/
Looking at the comments, it was clear that most people were
taken in.
pt
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