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ragequitta on April 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by c...

Even more troubling is deep fake technology that's run rampant. Should a serious director never hire Emma Watson again because she's such a prominent porn actress? Of course "we all know" that's fake. But how would we ever know Eric's stuff is fake?

AnthonyMouse on April 7, 2018 [–]

> But how would we ever know Eric's stuff is fake?

Isn't that a point in the other direction? The existence of convincing fakes will teach people not to believe everything they see on the internet.

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