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        Date: 2019-06-20 08:13:08+00:00
        From: James OSullivan 
        Subject: Re: [Humanist] 33.105: fake people: avoid the maelstrom of deception?

Are any "influencers" real people?

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On Thu, 20 Jun 2019, 06:14 Humanist,  wrote:

>                   Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 33, No. 105.
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>         Date: 2019-06-19 12:31:18+00:00
>         From: Henry Schaffer 
>         Subject: Re: [Humanist] 33.101: fake people
>
> Fascinating! But if we are sufficiently woke, can we avoid being sucked
> into this maelstrom of deception?
> --henry schaffer
>
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:26 AM Humanist  wrote:
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> >                   Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 33, No. 101.
> >             Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
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> >         Date: 2019-06-18 09:52:05+00:00
> >         From: Robert A Amsler 
> >         Subject: Fake People Story from NYTimes
> >
> >
> > There used to be a popular cartoon about using email on the Internet,
> > "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog". (see attached idog.jpg)
> >
> > Well, it seems "fake news" now has human-level "fake people" created by
> > advanced digital imaging technology. Coupled with companies creating a
> > social media presence for their brands online, and people gaining
> > followers as "influencers" because of video blogging, we could soon have
> > concentrated efforts to "design a spokesperson" for influencing people
> > online.
> >
> > I once predicted banking would experience such a event when computer
> > graphics got advanced enough to create synthetic online tellers you
> > could talk with. That time is almost here.
> >
> > Now, we will need the footnotes to read "Not a real person; spokesperson
> > is computer-generated" - R. Amsler
> >
> > -----
> > [From:
> > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/business/media/miquela-virtual-
> >
> > influencer.html?te=1&nl=morning-
> briefing&emc=edit_MBAE_p_20190617§ion=longRe



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