It's been a year or more since I posted about the technology that allowed users to make fake images say fake things.

It's been a year or more since I posted about the technology that allowed users to make fake images say fake things. I also warned of the impending reality paradox wherein nothing we see or hear could be trusted.

I have also lamented the trend of companies like Google and Facebook using algorithms to get content in front of people. Generally, I've argued having algorithms pick and choose content it believes you want to see cuts people off from reality by creating spheres of feedback that only reinforce their beliefs.

Imagine, for example, a machine-learning algorithm (which analyzes gobs of data in order to teach itself to perform a particular function) fed on hundreds of hours of footage of Donald Trump or North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, which could then spit out a near-perfect — and virtually impossible to distinguish from reality — audio or video clip of the leader declaring nuclear or biological war. “It doesn’t have to be perfect — just good enough to make the enemy think something happened that it provokes a knee-jerk and reckless response of retaliation.”

Originally shared by Sarah Rios

Well this is terrifying.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?utm_term=.wpN5vgeMg#.xjoomvOZv