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February 24, 2026
Amused by that AI video of a dancing raccoon? This is how the misery starts
AI is already coming for our dignity – tricking us with amusing little online scenarios. How long before it comes for everything else?
TL;DR
- Technology, particularly AI, makes it easy to maintain friendships through quick digital interactions.
- The author was fooled by an AI-generated video of a street art illusion in New York, shared by a friend who revealed it was fake.
- This experience raises questions about the etiquette of informing someone that a piece of content they enjoyed is not real.
- While revealing AI deception might spoil someone's fun, failing to question AI could lead to being scammed or misled.
- Experts compare the current public perception of AI to the underestimation of COVID-19's threat in early 2020.
- AI is seen as a threat that could impact dignity through deception or livelihoods through job replacement.
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