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[BossLackey]

I'm continuously shocked to see a video on YouTube or TikTok that is very obviously fake and seemingly no one in the comments realizes.

For example, a prank video with terrible acting or a "spooky" video with a weird creature on a fuzzy CCTV feed that is obviously CG. I've seen dozens of such examples where people legitimately can't tell it's not real.

The amount of misinformation people gobble up is already at an extreme, but this type of stuff tells me that in the near future when AI tools are weaponized that these people just will lose the last bit of their ability to discern fact from fiction.

It's legitimately terrifying.

 

[Doom85]

Don’t worry, they’ll figure it out eventually:

 

[Spaceman292]

I don't believe this thread is real

 

[OmegaSupreme]

nvm.

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[Jennings]

It's because people don't WANT the information to be fake. They want their currently held beliefs confirmed.

There's a trend happening in the adult model world where a bunch of CGI chicks are raking in millions. They're easy enough to spot, but people continue giving them money anyway because their fantasy is more important to them than their reality. You can point out the signs all day long, but to them the world just makes more sense if they can experience it on their own terms.

These are all three different "people," raking in assloads of money. But they're obvious filters/cgi, and they're pumping out new content by the day, raking in buttloads of cash in the process.

It's all about appealing to a person's preconceived notions and desires. They just don't want reality, and this applies to all forms of information.

 

[AJUMP23]

Confirmation Bias.....


People believed staged photos about Trump flushing documents.

 

[Lady Jane]

You're are highly overestimating the average age on Youtube and even reddit now. A friend of mine is a teacher at a middle school and every single kid there talks about Youtube, Reddit, and Twitch. The 10-14 year old market has flooded social media in the last 5 years with the help of tablets. I used to be part of a Halo-focused Discord for years and recently, it's been taken over with conversations like "Who are you inviting to your birthday party?" and "My mom is such a bitch! She took my Switch!". Even NFL communities are getting obvious kids everywhere now. Tech being easier and easier to access sure has its downfalls.

It also doesn't help that obvious bots reinforce false positivity in content. A third of the comments could be bots saying "No way this is insane!", "Make more of these!", or "Bwahaha got 'em!" Basically, stop engaging with content. The chances that you're talking to a preteen or a bot are high.

 

[Skyfox]

Even the other viewers are fake so I try not to get too upset about that either.

 

[BossLackey]

You're are highly overestimating the average age on Youtube and even reddit now. A friend of mine is a teacher at a middle school and every single kid there talks about Youtube, Reddit, and Twitch. The 10-14 year old market has flooded social media in the last 5 years with the help of tablets. I used to be part of a Halo-focused Discord for years and recently, it's been taken over with conversations like "Who are you inviting to your birthday party?" and "My mom is such a bitch! She took my Switch!". Even NFL communities are getting obvious kids everywhere now. Tech being easier and easier to access sure has its downfalls.

It also doesn't help that obvious bots reinforce false positivity in content. A third of the comments could be bots saying "No way this is insane!", "Make more of these!", or "Bwahaha got 'em!" Basically, stop engaging with content. The chances that you're talking to a preteen or a bot are high.

Yeah, you're right. I definitely unconsciously think people on YouTube and TikTok are older than they probably are plus the bot situation.

Though I'm never really engaging with people on those platforms.

 

[FunkMiller]

It's because people don't WANT the information to be fake. They want their currently held beliefs confirmed.

Bingo. Beginning and end of discussion.

If you want to believe that exorcisms, or ghosts are real, then any of those fake ass videos will look believable to you.

And those CGI porn models seem absolutely awful.

Where exactly would you have to go to look at how awful and fake they are? Specifically what website?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Bingo. Beginning and end of discussion.

If you want to believe that exorcisms, or ghosts are real, then any of those fake ass videos will look believable to you.

And those CGI porn models seem absolutely awful.

Where exactly would you have to go to look at how awful and fake they are? Specifically what website?

 

[FunkMiller]

Still my favourite gag from the whole damn show

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Confirmation Bias.....


People believed staged photos about Trump flushing documents.

Personally, I think the toilet is innocent.

"My mom is such a bitch! She took my Switch!"

This kid's got a solid point.

 

[Aesius]

Good timing on this thread. I just saw a fake Antonio Brown quote posted on a Facebook sports account that was ridiculously over the top, and virtually everyone in the comments believed it was real and that he actually said it. Critical thinking skills are sorely lacking.

 

[cormack12]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

OP, you should share this with the people who don't understand how easy it is to spot a fake. Michael Cain does a great job explaining it for the lay person.

 

[Wildebeest]

I worry about those youtube videos where people rescue dogs.

 

[IDKFA]

Reminds me of this

 

[GeekyDad]

You're just now becoming terrified?

 

[Fbh]

I choose to believe most of the people commenting on those videos are kids and teens which would make it at least more understandable for them to be so gullible. If you think about it, things like prank videos or fake reaction video...are they all that different from "reality TV" ?. I remember a lot of people in my middle/high school were into those.
Though at the same time I think to an extent it doesn't really matter to them if it's real or not, it's more about "reacting" to sharing stuff.


For more serious topics though, yeah It's definitely confirmation bias. It's essentially

 

[MagiusNecros]

Frustrating isn't it? Navigating a space full of superficiality and deception.

 

[StormCell]

I'm continuously shocked to see a video on YouTube or TikTok that is very obviously fake and seemingly no one in the comments realizes.

For example, a prank video with terrible acting or a "spooky" video with a weird creature on a fuzzy CCTV feed that is obviously CG. I've seen dozens of such examples where people legitimately can't tell it's not real.

The amount of misinformation people gobble up is already at an extreme, but this type of stuff tells me that in the near future when AI tools are weaponized that these people just will lose the last bit of their ability to discern fact from fiction.

It's legitimately terrifying.

I'm going to be real with you. You're talking about the same people who seemingly don't or won't understand that a dude resisting arrest and fighting with police could be shot dead in the process at no fault of the police. How many cities were taken over by protests with buildings burning? These same people are ready and willing to believe anything that confirms their bias. Then on the other side of the political spectrum is another set of crazies who are bent on believing anything that confirms their bias.

I would say that an easy majority of people are just ready to believe almost anything, and we're already in ever increasing danger. We may witness an actual civil war among deranged gullible people and eventually lose significant amounts of rights we enjoy today because of the same deranged gullible people.

And then I will be fighting mad and ready to get some, myself.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Reminds me of this

Honest Abe was so ahead of his time.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I'm continuously shocked to see a video on YouTube or TikTok that is very obviously fake and seemingly no one in the comments realizes.

For example, a prank video with terrible acting or a "spooky" video with a weird creature on a fuzzy CCTV feed that is obviously CG. I've seen dozens of such examples where people legitimately can't tell it's not real.

The amount of misinformation people gobble up is already at an extreme, but this type of stuff tells me that in the near future when AI tools are weaponized that these people just will lose the last bit of their ability to discern fact from fiction.

It's legitimately terrifying.

Because nobody taught whole generations about critical thinking and challenging assumptions. Massive failure of school system. For now the people in power are still old generation before social media, but you can see the ‘new blood’ - they are the ‘everything is an opinion’ crowd that have no problem switching opinions and goalposts each day if it serves their agenda.

Case in point: all the dipshits on the Internet shilling Napoleon Hill and Robert Kiyosaki, both proved liars and frauds.

 

[MaestroMike]

Usually not annoyed, but this one with a fake cgi bear eating grass got to me a little bit not sure why lol I know that sh!t was fake the animation was off, but mofos were eating it up

 

[Halo is Back]

I don't believe this thread is real

Someone is paranoid

 

[StormCell]

Usually not annoyed, but this one with a fake cgi bear eating grass got to me a little bit not sure why lol I know that sh!t was fake the animation was off, but mofos were eating it up

I saw a video of a komodo dragon eating a fawn, and people honestly thought that was a fake, but I actually knew better. It had been edited a little, but I knew that damn lizard eating a fawn was the real deal. Those damn things are pretty scary when you really think about what they are... damn land croc/shark are what those things are! lol

 

[nkarafo]

That's what you get when they push for the internet to be more accessible.

 

[DeliciousDoc]

I can imagine a distant future where only 1 person is alive but he or she is convinced the world is the same as it is now because of all the bots. Or are we already there. am I a bot and you are the only who is real, reader?

 

[AJUMP23]

Still my favourite gag from the whole damn show

Is it because of the Implication?

 

[chromhound]

It's because people don't WANT the information to be fake. They want their currently held beliefs confirmed.

There's a trend happening in the adult model world where a bunch of CGI chicks are raking in millions. They're easy enough to spot, but people continue giving them money anyway because their fantasy is more important to them than their reality. You can point out the signs all day long, but to them the world just makes more sense if they can experience it on their own terms.

These are all three different "people," raking in assloads of money. But they're obvious filters/cgi, and they're pumping out new content by the day, raking in buttloads of cash in the process.

It's all about appealing to a person's preconceived notions and desires. They just don't want reality, and this applies to all forms of information.

i need those name to see if they're really fake... for research purpose

 

[Jennings]

i need those name to see if they're really fake... for research purpose

They're all Onlyfans chicks that have spammed Reddit.

I don't know if their usernames are the same in both places, but they're spammed as people named variations of "Olivia Casta," "itschloeparkk," "emievans", and I already forgot the blonde's name since this morning. But the faces all seem generated/altered with the same software/filter.

 

[Ownage]

It's because people don't WANT the information to be fake. They want their currently held beliefs confirmed.

There's a trend happening in the adult model world where a bunch of CGI chicks are raking in millions. They're easy enough to spot, but people continue giving them money anyway because their fantasy is more important to them than their reality. You can point out the signs all day long, but to them the world just makes more sense if they can experience it on their own terms.

These are all three different "people," raking in assloads of money. But they're obvious filters/cgi, and they're pumping out new content by the day, raking in buttloads of cash in the process.

It's all about appealing to a person's preconceived notions and desires. They just don't want reality, and this applies to all forms of information.

It's not cheating if it's not real.

Right?

 

[Robb]

Brace for it but.. People are stupid.

 

[Kraz]

Been ages since I read Transmetropolitan, but it ruled. Bit dated, but this line of thinking was explored with the hero solving instead of crowd sourcing iirc.

It sounds like there's a few layers to the issue of fakes in the op. There's some people having fun with silly stuff to serious misinformation.

Problem seems to partly relate to the way information moves and is retained, technology, generations change, modes of behavior, and styles of critical thinking. Bias was mentioned. Dunning-Kruger is another.
Often one thing is extended to mean more than it does or mistaken for something it isn't. The result of these sins of pride.

In terms of world leaders in office it's beginning to sink in that it's best to go with official statements and not some cropped headline, uncontextualized clip, sensationalism, opinion piece, or deepfake, not that that will stop everyone from doing so.
There's suggestions to overcoming this, but it all sounds so onerous. Figuring that out is what we do to clear the way for future generations.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Because nobody taught whole generations about critical thinking and challenging assumptions. Massive failure of school system. For now the people in power are still old generation before social media, but you can see the ‘new blood’ - they are the ‘everything is an opinion’ crowd that have no problem switching opinions and goalposts each day if it serves their agenda.

Case in point: all the dipshits on the Internet shilling Napoleon Hill and Robert Kiyosaki, both proved liars and frauds.

Critical thinking has been systemically removed from public schools. Teaching for the test (standardized testing) and shit like what is happening in Texas has destroyed what reality is for people. Plus cellphone addiction.

I laughed at ready player one when the idea came out but with the environment and economy crashing virtual worlds are appealing. With the amount of time people spend on the internet they sure are lacking in perception.

AI face swapping like on Mr deep fake is gonna be a nightmare in the next few years. I can't even imagine how much bullying and stalking/harassment will happen in high schools with this technology. It will make some kids lives a living hell

 

[Umbasaborne]

Well, your average tick tok user is like this

 

[poppabk]

It's because people don't WANT the information to be fake. They want their currently held beliefs confirmed.

There's a trend happening in the adult model world where a bunch of CGI chicks are raking in millions. They're easy enough to spot, but people continue giving them money anyway because their fantasy is more important to them than their reality. You can point out the signs all day long, but to them the world just makes more sense if they can experience it on their own terms.

These are all three different "people," raking in assloads of money. But they're obvious filters/cgi, and they're pumping out new content by the day, raking in buttloads of cash in the process.

It's all about appealing to a person's preconceived notions and desires. They just don't want reality, and this applies to all forms of information.

First two are butt ugly but the third girl you posted is hot.

 

[Spaceman292]

Someone is paranoid

WHO SAID THAT

 

[pramod]

I have no problem detecting fake boobs

 

[Susurrus]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I have no problem detecting fake boobs

Same but with testicles.

 

[RoboFu]

Like this…

 

[RaduN]

The irony is that all this believing, comes from people that like to always brag about how they've seen everything, how smart they are and about how they are effortlessly above it all, so in this tireless, subconscious struggle to be superior, they slowly accept more and more fringe information as proof and fuel for their superiority.

While being a little political (sorry for that) a prime example would be the mindless horde of certain politicians fanatics, Qanon, flat earthers and other groups that literally eat fake for breakfast, from the said need of feeling superior at any cost.

This is, of course, nothing new, and it's fascinating (and scary) how defensless people continue to be against these types of ego manipulations, in an era when education and critical thinking should be at an all time high among humans.

 

[Chronicle]

I'm continuously shocked to see a video on YouTube or TikTok that is very obviously fake and seemingly no one in the comments realizes.

For example, a prank video with terrible acting or a "spooky" video with a weird creature on a fuzzy CCTV feed that is obviously CG. I've seen dozens of such examples where people legitimately can't tell it's not real.

The amount of misinformation people gobble up is already at an extreme, but this type of stuff tells me that in the near future when AI tools are weaponized that these people just will lose the last bit of their ability to discern fact from fiction.

It's legitimately terrifying.

Because millenials believe everything on the internet. Yes. It's terrifying

 

[MaestroMike]

I saw a video of a komodo dragon eating a fawn, and people honestly thought that was a fake, but I actually knew better. It had been edited a little, but I knew that damn lizard eating a fawn was the real deal. Those damn things are pretty scary when you really think about what they are... damn land croc/shark are what those things are! lol

i remember seeing a clip like that the other day didn't read the comments thought it was real I think I remember it gobbled it up whole without chewing it like a snake. one bite from a komodo dragon I think is all it takes to kill you since its mouth is full of deadly bacteria

 

[jabberwookie]

I wonder if many actually believe it's real or if they're commenting on the scenario trying to get likes and subscribers.

It seems like kids who grew up attached to the internet straight out of the womb would easily be able to spot a fake. Or maybe they're just dumb idk

 

[Crayon]

I have this theory that drinking alcohol while pregnant is massively under reported.

 

[nush]

You're are highly overestimating the average age on Youtube and even reddit now. A friend of mine is a teacher at a middle school and every single kid there talks about Youtube, Reddit, and Twitch. The 10-14 year old market has flooded social media in the last 5 years with the help of tablets. I used to be part of a Halo-focused Discord for years and recently, it's been taken over with conversations like "Who are you inviting to your birthday party?" and "My mom is such a bitch! She took my Switch!". Even NFL communities are getting obvious kids everywhere now. Tech being easier and easier to access sure has its downfalls.

It also doesn't help that obvious bots reinforce false positivity in content. A third of the comments could be bots saying "No way this is insane!", "Make more of these!", or "Bwahaha got 'em!" Basically, stop engaging with content. The chances that you're talking to a preteen or a bot are high.

I'm not bad at spotting a fake.