Loading ...Deepfakes are taking over YouTube to the point where real news by real people is drowning in an ocean of illusion.
In a recent post I mentioned we are living in times of unprecedented change where everything that is not true is being exposed. While the post was about the divergence of paper and physical silver prices, the key message I wanted to get across is that this is taking place everywhere and in every aspect of life from international affairs to the daily shopping.
Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, is one of the most AI impersonated people. A recent interview reported that only one in five videos are actually Yanis himself.
Why is this happening?
Maintaining the Illusion serves the vested interests of elites. Many do not wish men and women to experience an awakening as the lies fade. Deepfake represents one strategy being employed to mask this transformation in human consciousness. As people are increasingly distrustful of traditional authority, drowning genuine content with garbage keeps the real world hidden from view.
Yanis has complained to YouTube and Meta, but within seconds of a video being taken down another appears with the same content. The companies appear to have no interest in stemming the flood.
Interestingly the strategy may backfire. With so many AI generated deep fakes YouTube is becoming unusable. It may be the platform is actually self-destructing. Men and women may simply stop using it.
This is ironic given Google’s founding vision is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. By deliberately flooding its content with deepfake the company may not only be committing suicide but taking a leading role in waking us from our stupor.