When a generated photo or video becomes indistinguishiable from reality, does reality just collapse? How do we know what’s real anymore, and if society deems an image/video as false, how do we know it isn’t just a government cover-up?

Just a few words into a Gen-AI program and there will be a video on the news of you commiting a terrorist bombing of a pre-school, even tho you were never anywhere near there. They can send the secret police to murder people, then post a video of the people they’ve killed as “resisting arrest” or “trying to shoot the officers on scene”, even tho they were unarmed and cooperative.

Like… do governments just get to shape the world as they see fit?

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Some people ‘believe’ aliens to be true. believe in a truth.

    They believe in an idea. They believe that idea is true.

    In my experience, when people talk about some subjective Truth, they say things like “my truth” or “feels true”. They aren’t making a claim beyond their subjective perceptions. And while their perceptions are true, (meaning those perceptions happened to them), those perceptions aren’t necessarily an account of real external events. That’s how stage magic works. It looks like one thing, but what it looks like isn’t reality.

    And saying you shouldn’t be able to believe in something because it’s real, sounds very strange. Maybe you mean, you shouldn’t need to believe in something because it’s real?

    • phonics@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      so as it turns out after doing further research, there are theories of truth. and we are both correct 😂

      Correspondence Theory: Something is true if it corresponds to reality. In applying this theory, we look for factual evidence to justify our beliefs.

      When you say “The Eiffel Tower is in Paris,” if the Eiffel Tower is indeed in Paris (which it is), your statement is true.

      Coherence Theory: The belief is logically consistence within a system of beliefs. Your belief is coherent with your other beliefs, making it true under this theory.

      Imagine you believe that “All humans need food to survive” and you also believe that “John is a human.” From these, you logically conclude that “John needs food to survive.”

      Pragmatic Theory: Truth is what works or is practical.

      If you believe that “studying hard leads to good grades” and you actually get good grades by studying hard, your belief proves true in a practical sense.

      Other Theories: Other theories, like the Constructivist or Consensus theories, offer unique ways of assessing truth. They remind us that truth can be seen differently depending on cultural, social, or individual lenses.

      https://www.gallanttheory.com/theory-of-knowledge/understanding-truth-theories-a-guide-to-evaluating-knowledge