The Future Is Now

Selena Gomez posted on Twitter, showcasing her in a blue-beaded dress at fashion’s biggest night but the problem is, she wasn’t actually there. The photos were created through artificial intelligence (AI), building a false narrative of her presence at the event.

Time, Presence and Space. 

A term used by Walter Benjamin in his influential 1936 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Benjamin argued that 'even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: Its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. 

You simply need to be present. 

If AI created the best looking supermodel, it still cant super seed a real breathing, living Kate Moss.

‘Godfather’ of AI, Geoffrey Hinton resigned from his position at Google in an effort to be able to freely speak out on the dangers of artificial intelligence, including its ability to create false imagery and text that can easily fool regular folks. 

Just like how Modernists created flat surface as traditional perspective paintings creating a false narratives.

Mr Hinton now regrets his work in the field.

The world was stunned in 9/11 when the news gave us this.

 

Imagine, big media corporations creating a "false" disguised as a truth for us, with AI powered, modeled newscasters giving us incidents and staged conflicts, trust me people will believe it. 

We have people crying all over town over corrupted politicians. Even though tons of hard evidence presented,there are people who believe someone who steal billions of hard earned Malaysians is an angel.

 

Now let me introduce you Baudrilard. He gave us simulacra.  

The fourth stage is pure simulacrum, in which the simulacrum has no relationship to any reality whatsoever. Here, signs merely reflect other signs and any claim to reality on the part of images or signs is only of the order of other such claims. ( like our politicians, where their comments and actions have no relation to our reality )

Confused? Dont be - take a look at Instagram, we have people who like to over rate themselves. Doesnt have any relation of their talents, capabilities and their personalities.

Oh well nevermind.