A16Z Brags That Its AI Is Great for Poisoning the Internet With Fake Tech History
Did you recently see a video of kids from the 1990s predicting how computers would be used in the future? The video was created using Flux 3 and if you didn’t inspect it too closely, it looks pretty authentic as an artifact from 30 years ago. Moore noted that the last girl in the video was her favorite, perhaps because it has some awkward silences that make it appear much more realistic.
- ▪Did you recently see a video of kids from the 1990s predicting how computers would be used in the future?
- ▪The video was created using Flux 3 and if you didn’t inspect it too closely, it looks pretty authentic as an artifact from 30 years ago.
- ▪Moore noted that the last girl in the video was her favorite, perhaps because it has some awkward silences that make it appear much more realistic.
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Did you recently see a video of kids from the 1990s predicting how computers would be used in the future? It’s fake. The video was created using Flux 3 and if you didn’t inspect it too closely, it looks pretty authentic as an artifact from 30 years ago. But it serves as a great reminder that we really can’t trust our own eyes here in 2026.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000794090","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"artificial-intelligence","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"artificial-intelligence","TAGS":"a16z,ai,artificial-intelligence","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Justine Moore,…
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