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Tom's avatar

And with our biometric data in their database, they could pretty much take over our online lives...and our electronic assets. It would be difficult to prove we are actually the living human, as opposed to an online AI facsimile, short of an in-person meeting. They could declare us dead and the burden of proof would be on us to prove otherwise. Nice.

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Miri AF's avatar

Yes, the implications are unbelievably sinister in so many respects. Framing us for crimes, citing AI-constructed "evidence" showing us committing it. Manipulating loved ones using AI pretending to be us. To call it Orwellian is an understatement.

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Rosie's avatar

There's already a series about that - "Capture". I found it super-compelling!

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Miri AF's avatar

Ah, I should have known...!

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Dmitri X's avatar

Exactly the way they push people to.

This is why the next step for to remain in the reality for any sane individual is never agree on the offer to be fingerprinted and make a personal data out of it. It has been happening now for travel. US is doing so for a while. EU is to start to offer these service soon. People must understand that this is not lawful demand. It is legal offer, but not lawful. It will become lawful only with the people’s consent. (Remember the jabs? They use same approach to manufact the consent.)

The most obvious way to abstain is to inform the party who make such offer “it is physically impossible for the person to be fingerprinted”. If the question about the reason for that will come up - the reply should be: “the reason is private and there is no wish to disclose it without lawful reasons.”

Be strong and do not let them bought you for a cheep price of a holiday on sun.

Do not comply and do not consent.

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AbiM's avatar

Fakery is a form of lying. Lies create something discordant and humans find that unpleasant. I'm hoping that the mad push towards AI deepfakery is so energetically soulless that it just dies a death.

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Miri AF's avatar

Good point! I've discussed with people before that knowing something is untrue isn't always determined by cold, hard evidence (evidence can be misleading or incomplete), but simply by the strong feeling that something is false. Lies and fakery simply "hit differently" to the truth.

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Petra Liverani's avatar

... but then how do you explain the incredible success of Revelation of the Method (RoM)? In the comments on my latest post where I show the same type of RoM in the nuclear weapons, 9/11 and covid psyops (namely, predictive programming, the miracle survivor story and fakery made obvious), Jane Cena put forward one of her favourite examples of RoM - a ridiculous testimony by a woman that she saw a woman's face staring out at her from Flight 77 (the alleged Pentagon flight). I hate myself for it but I sometimes laugh my head off at these things just as I imagine the perps themselves do. My sister just dismisses it all with, "It's all lies, and they must get bored of their nonsense," but I think they still derive amusement at how far they can push the envelope with complete nonsensicality. RoM is a truly fascinating phenomenon to me - I mean I certainly understand that people don't work it out for themselves as I didn't myself because it seems so counterintuitive and really quite alien, however, when it's pointed out ... and they still valiantly argue against it ... .

https://petraliverani.substack.com/p/commonalities-in-the-nuclear-weapons/comment/100787305

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Mary Cox's avatar

I really hope you are right, I feel you are. Lets see.

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kevin's avatar

Computer manipulation and laser-projected holography are a logical progression of cartoons. Cartoons like the Simpsons have regularly been associated with predictive episodes. Why pay an expensive, unpredictable, luvvie celeb to promote your product or idea when you can create an obedient character?

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Miri AF's avatar

That is exactly how they think.

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Richard Mallows's avatar

Blimey missus, I think I'm a bit out of touch. I'm still watching 15year old DVD's to see what is current. LOL Keep up the good work.

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Miri AF's avatar

Thank you, Richard, and I think you are very wise to stay away from modern "advances"!

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Prodigal's avatar

Excellent as always. Whenever I see mention of Yuval Noah Harari, the word that immediately comes to mind is "goblin" :) :)

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks Prodigal, and great minds etc - !

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Karen's avatar

I had no idea Hanks had AI'd himself (though not surprised). But even before knowing that, I found the movie utterly unengaging. And that's saying a LOT, since I was a semi-captive audience watching it on a long-haul flight. Maybe they were so focused on technology they forgot what a legitimate story looks like. Yawn

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Miri AF's avatar

I really think that, increasingly, the purpose of Hollywood movies isn't to tell compelling stories, but solely to socially engineer. A key part of the social engineering of 'Here' was to insinuate AI images into the film undetected, which they have quite successfully done. Unless one explicitly knows otherwise, one would never guess the Hanks and Wright characters are AI. And I think that above all else was the major purpose of the film.

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John William Corcoran's avatar

Your earlier article opposing capital punishment fits well with the nefarious motives inherent in this film.

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Mary Cox's avatar

I think that the purpose of the sickly "romantic" video made by Kate and Wills was to see how far they could get with AI without being called out. I didn't notice and actually engaged in some speculation about what it was all about, I'm embarrassed now, successful loosh stealing by our overlords.

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks Mary, and yes, I agree. Kate Middleton especially seems to be being used to beta-test AI on the public (see her 'bench' video when she supposedly 'had cancer' etc).

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Mary Cox's avatar

Yes! The bench cancer monologue. I re-watched it with a critical eye and it's terrifyingly good.

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Farleyboy's avatar

Another great article Miri.

I've always wondered about Hanks and all the films he's been in and what makes him special. Perhaps he is easily mind controlled to play these parts (as is Streep and many others).

Unfortunately, I saw an episode of america's got talent where they had a camera that projected on Simon Cowell's face. Someone was on stage with Cowell's face, singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q463j1tOWP8

As well as seeing an army of drones programmed to perform a sequence in the sky. These shows show where we are going with technology but people thought it was great. I sure didn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br06Y2bcN-A

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks Farleyboy, and very interesting/sinister additional context.

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Kika's avatar

This broadcast from Crrow777 is also worth hearing, e.g.

"In my view, AI is built on and requires, intentionally addictive platforms and systems. There are only two industries that call their customers “Users”. The illegal drug trade, and software companies. So, how is it that it is not common knowledge that the digital systems now taking over everything, and the AI “agents” that will run them, are dehumanizing?

How about we call the new world public square and market place what it really is? It is “Surveillance Capitalism”. And what’s more, the algorithms are optimizing for quick consumption and sensationalized content. This, in turn, destroys attention spans which leads to simpler and shorter content.

In short (to make a pun), the machine gets smarter as we get dumber. AI is also now dictating what is true and what is not, as well as what can even be said or posted.

https://www.crrow777radio.com/618-old-mactechcorp-did-some-harm-ai-ai-oh-free/

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks Kika, and completely agree. The "casino" of the internet is rigged to be as addictive as possible, and it's been said our mobile phones are our Soma.

It's so true about the destruction of attention spans, and if you write more than a sentence on Twitter etc., inevitably someone will respond with "TLDR" (too long, didn't read). So a friend of mine came up with a reply: "TSDT" (too stupid, didn't think).

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John William Corcoran's avatar

This article is both terrifying and fascinating. More the former than the latter. My addled brain could scarcely keep up. The reference to 'sixers' must be a nod to the Biblical revelation of the number of the beast?

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Miri AF's avatar

Ah, sorry about that John, I certainly sympathise though. What is the reference to sixers?

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John William Corcoran's avatar

Hi Miri, In the Bible NT book of Revelation chapter 13 verse 18 we have the number of the beast, translated as 666.

There have been many ideas as to who or what it might be. AI could come into it somewhere. I don't have any suggestions but it probably is a hot topic with Christians interested in the 'Last Times' (which we are undoubtedly in!). I think Jacob Prasch articles are a good person to start with but I have not looked into this deeply.

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks John, I was more wondering what the reference in my article was to sixers?

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Rosie's avatar

I love your paraphrasing! Yes - you are right - let's all meet IRL - it's SO much better!

I had heard Whitney Webb saying that she'd seen a video of an AI version of herself. The advantage, as I see it, is that, once this is acknowledged as mainstream technology, it makes it harder to say something is true because you saw it on TV/a video of it. Ultimately, there has been a lot of engagement with idols and "outsourcing" of the creation of your own opinions. And now, if they start to have a reach, they'll be "AI'ed" and other messages delivered to their followers, I think it forces people to take responsibility for themselves.

However, I always think whatever happens is going to do this and, sadly, I am mainly wrong. :D

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Miri AF's avatar

Yes, that's a good point, and hopefully you are indeed right! That when it becomes widely known that AI is so ubiquitously used, people should become a lot more sceptical of everything they see on screen, and a lot more motivated to get into the real world as soon as they can. I'm hoping to arrange a "Miri's Massive Meet-up" soon....

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Rosie's avatar

Oh PLEASE DO organise a meet-up.

If you want any help with admin, please let me know. You can contact me via my website www.hauoraorganics.com (I will change the name soon to something that makes sense and does not sound like whore in English, but I am a bit busy!).

I am a pretty good administrator and have experience of organising events and would happily use these skills to sort out multiple UK meet-ups for your readers.

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Miri AF's avatar

Thank you, Rosie, that's very kind, and I must say the line in brackets elicited a genuine LOL...

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Priscilla's avatar

Good article though all this AI stuff is a bit beyond me! It sounds horrible, frightening, sinister…. All sorts of evil possibilities.

We don’t have a telly or DVD player or anything, though we do occasionally go to the cinema and enjoy the experience, not least because it’s a night out with food and wine (at our local Everyman)!

BTW, I can confirm that Miri is tall. I am 5’11” and she seemed not far off that when I bumped into her at an Alastair Williams show.

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Miri AF's avatar

Thank you, Priscilla, I was hoping you would confirm my non-AI-ness (and height!).

A very sensible approach to the silver (and increasingly sinister) screen.

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Hugh's avatar

I think that scoring your vendor is a great idea. It's a powerful regulator on eBay, I didn't know Uber did it but I've said for ages I wish we could do it for doctors!

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Miri AF's avatar

Thanks Hugh, and I agree! It's when your vendor scores you back that I get a bit uncomfortable... I get why it's a good idea on eBay, and even on Uber, as it lets other drivers know about problem passengers... But I still think it paves the way for a much more sinister form of "social scoring", as was depicted in Black Mirror's "Nosedive".

But I'm totally with you on the doctors!

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