Of course we know about Deep Fakes – they are a joy we still have yet to come…
But this post is about how already there is so much fake stuff being pushed at us.
“Reality” TV – the one thing it ISN’T is real. Made in Chelsea, Married at first sight, I’m a celeb, The Apprentice, bla bla bla… Fake people, fake dramas, “who will be eliminated this week?”, who will sleep with who, it’s just rubbish. Often cleverly made, but fake.
Celebrities generally – many of them have never actually DONE anything. Fake people.
And you can follow them on TikTok and Instagram leading their fake lives.
Many kids have the dream of being an influencer and living off social media – statisticially an imposisble dream – it’s a fake career.
Even posts by people like you and me are the best pictures of the best moments, with us looking at our best – verging on fake lives too, to be honest.
Blogs and posts on Linkedin – incerasingly written by A.I. = fake.
There are even beautiful models, and music artists, who are A.I. and completely fake.
Betting – sorry predicting – on Polymarket is all faked. The insider traders are the only ones making money from this, the rest is a loser’s game.
Shopping hype: labubus and plastic swatches, it’s just junk being pushed at us.
Music – apart from the aforementioned A.I. artists, it’s all covers since Britain’s Got Talent and X-Factor – that’s not real music. So much bland stuff out there now, and so much that is sampled, covered, repackaged, not written by the singer – there still is REAL music out there, but less than there has ever been in the past.
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I just want to go cycling for a walk in real woods or swim in the real sea, and play real music in a real band, and eat real curry with real people.
