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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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... What the fuck
The NYT issued a story with a fake quote
https://bsky.app/profile/ninajankowicz.com/post/3lulq7ovmts25
Regarding the story about a fake video.
Truly, we are down the AI slop rabbit hole
If you haven't read Neal Stephenson's 'Fall', you should (though reading 'Reamde' for context on some of the characters may be useful).
'Fall' is about half Paradise Lost for the digital afterlife (less-realistic), but the other half is a fairly believable take on the outlook in a 'post-truth' world of deep fakes and AI slop.