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Hey Guys, here's something I have had the fortune (or misfortune) to see first hand. What? Advanced AI doing things that didn't excite me or make me dream of when it will be here available for us, but it literally frightened me because in truth, what I saw wasn't anywhere near where our Government and companies like Google were decades ago so what they are doing now is ALREADY passing for reality.

I saw full 1080P High Definition fully working in 1986. Yes, I said 1986. I was in a corporate training program and we went to one of our business partners Zenith TV corporation in Illinois. (They used to be a household name and made most of the TVs for the first decades of TV). At that time I had to sign an NDA, which I believe is moot at this point, since the company is long gone and the technology is also nearing it's end. But I saw MORE stuff all the way back in the early 90's in San Francisco that I can't talk about, but it was so advanced, I literally couldn't even understand it then and now it is obvious what is being done with it. And I can't imagine where THAT stuff has gone since that time and it was like MAGIC back then.

Then in the early 2000's I was let in on more technology. Again an NDA was signed, but I can say it was much like what is in the video you are about to see, only more advanced. And that was nearly 20 years ago. That means even if that was actual cutting edge at the time, they have 2 decades more since then with computers which have doubled and doubled and so on until the computing power of a company like Google or Samsung (which you will see in this video) must be able to do things we literally could neither conceive of nor believe even if they showed it to us. It would be like showing a Cave Man at 4K TV Station.

Since that time I have seen more things and of course more NDA's which I can't discuss. Some gave me a little hope, but most depressed the crap out of me and some made me actually fearful of not only the future, but the present. Things are NOT as they seem. Not in media, not in front of your eyes, not to your ears, not to the touch or smell or taste. You really won't be able to rely on ANY of your sense for reality if there is a Power Supply running some of this stuff. That means even when you are outside taking a walk, it may not be what you think. That's as much as I can say.

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This is scary. The bible speaks of a time when an image will be set up in the temple that will speak. That technology all ready exist. Evil people can use this technology to control the world, take over people's lives. Kidnap leaders and replace them with this clones and we will never know. God will only let this go on for a short time and then He will end it. Be ready folks.

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There is a lot of information out there. As it says in the Bible, (I think), you have to separate the sheep from the goats, or more updated, fact from fiction. Some people are able tell the difference. Others have adverse Neptune aspects in their Chart and are at a disadvantage. So what. That's how it's always been.


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I have had many a conversation about this very thing, and about how cgi actors will surely become famous in the entertainment field.

Much like we saw with max headroom in the eighties. It's all fun and games when you can tell the obvious difference.

Beyond that, it gets pretty scary.

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Originally Posted by maccharles
I have had many a conversation about this very thing, and about how cgi actors will surely become famous in the entertainment field.

Much like we saw with max headroom in the eighties. It's all fun and games when you can tell the obvious difference.

Beyond that, it gets pretty scary.


Hey, I did a whole post about that!


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Originally Posted by Gary E. Andrews
Many years ago I read that photographic evidence would no longer be guaranteed acceptance in legal cases before a court. Controversial characters were shown to have been removed from photographs with those who wished to stand apart from the scandal.

Seeing "Avatar" I thought the female lead deserved an Academy Award for the range of emotion she portrayed. The actress would accept, in character, on the big screen, and be honored accordingly.

I recently saw "Alita: Battle Angel" where the lead character is a big-eyed girl, perfectly credible as a reality. The other characters, 'bad guys' and 'gals', are very elaborate constructions of Computer Graphic Interface.

The phenomenon of how 'real' it all plays is worthy of observation.

There is current controversy over someone perpetrating a hoax depicting the Democrat Speaker of the House of Representatives as slurring her words, as if she is sick or drunk. There is a petition to demand Facebook take the video down. Recent actual video of the President of the United States seeming to have trouble pronouncing 'origins', sounding repeatedly like he's saying 'oranges', was not similarly disputed, so I take it as 'real' while the other video demonstrates the depths to which those who desire to Deceive (capital D) will sink, and the lengths to which they will go when enabled with such tools to fool.

I remember a political candidate for the Vice Presidency whose handlers wheedled their way into a closed soup kitchen in Cleveland, had their boy don an apron and pretend to wash a pan, a photo-opportunity to paint him as the kind of man who cares about, and does something about, people desperate enough for food to use a soup kitchen.

Politics is one area where the Threat (capital T) of Deception can mislead 'consumers' into places and conditions they will not want to be in. Consumer products, substances sold as 'food' or 'candy' portray themselves as desirable and, since government has deregulated or approved them, succeed in the Deception quite profitably.
Twizzlers advertises, "You can't be serious with Twizzlers!"
But Red Dye Lake 40, a known carcinogen, was removed from The American 'food' supply by Leadership Decision-Makers in government regulatory authority, representing the best interests of The American People, Citizens, consumers. Cancer is very 'serious'.
Then, apparently, money bought 'deregulation' by Leadership Decision-Makers in government regulatory authority, and the little red M'nM was back in the bag. And prances about in comedy skit commercial ads cavorting with Santa Claus as a cute little cartoon character, like Joe Camel.
Years ago I came to the convenience racks at the K-Mart checkout to see small, nearly square packages covering the rack facing the main aisle and the side on my left as I entered the checkout line. No words were visible on the package. There was a large-nosed cartoon animal, wearing sunglasses, surrounded by primary colors, rich red, deep blue, bright yellow. I had to pick the package up, have it in my hand, to turn it over to see the Camel brand cigarette label. If a child were so induced to see what the package was, they would suddenly realize they had the forbidden fruit in their hands. How would it influence their future consumption decision about carcinogenic, addictive nicotine delivery devices?
A small grocer had cigarettes against the front wall of his store, behind the customers where they came to check out. He perceived that children, stopping by en route to and from school, were stealing the cigarettes. He told the delivery man he was thinking of moving them behind the counter. The tobacco man vigorously objecting, saying, "No! No! We want to hook them young!"
Tobacco has a government license to kill 435,000 American Citizens, consumers, people, a year. It always bags its limit, and often exceeds it.
In a book, "Subliminal Seduction", published years ago, the authors tell of the theater that flashed single frames of "Eat Popcorn" and "Drink Coca-Cola" during movies. They found consumption/sales increased 57%. They visited the theater and asked about it.
"Yes," the man said, "That's the facts. But we don't use that machine any more. Now, we can project messages 100% of the time you're watching."
The question is, if you could do it, would you? Of course. You might not. But those whose Deceptive practices, whose desire or demand to Deceive you to empower themselves, to put their candidate in office, to get your money even if their product kills you, would, do, and will.
In 2019, empowered with devices that get past your 'guardian' mind to your subliminal sub-conscious, have become more sophisticated, and more available to the Deceivers, and less apparent to Citizens, consumers, The People. It is what I've come to call Predatory Capitalism, a perverse turn to use regular Capitalism as a mode to get your money, by people willing to kill you to get it.


Both sides are liars and thieves. When I see one of them put in jail, I will believe we have an honest person in charge.

As for that video of Pelosi, so much fake news has been put out there. First, there were 2 videos involved in the coverage but CNN specifically lied over and over and stated that Trump retweeted the fake one. He did not. The one he Tweeted was 100% real and it was a compilation of Pelosi slurring words and being confused during public remarks. As for the "doctored" video, it is an OLD joke. That sort of thing has been done for ages via audio. The Tonight Show had already done a "fake" drunk Trump video by slowing it down and no one cried out in outrage when they did it. It was a joke, just like the Pelosi one. It's okay to make Trump look bad (it's not hard to use real video to do that) but do the EXACT same thing to Pelosi and everyone's panties get in a bunch. Political figures are rightfully mocked all the time. They more than anyone deserve it. BOTH sides.


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