[This story from Motherboard describes a worrisome application of the fast-evolving ability of AI to generate convincingly realistic presence illusions, in this case of important but completely fictional events. Technology expert Shelly Palmer posted this reaction to the story on his blog:
“In George Orwell’s 1984, the book’s hero, Winston Smith, is a minor party functionary living in a London that is still shattered by a nuclear war that took place not long after World War II. He belongs to the Outer Party, and his job is to rewrite history in the Ministry of Truth, bringing it in line with current political thinking. […] Orwell’s novel highlights the dangers of totalitarianism and the importance of individual freedom and free thought. I don’t think anyone ever believed that rewriting history was going to be a real thing. Thanks to a few motivated individuals and their generative AI coworkers, Orwell’s dystopian world has arrived.”… read more. “People are creating records of fake historical events using AI”