@henry ghost parade!

@henry The MAGA people are apparently planning a trans-atlantic swim on january 6th to celebrate their loss. ;)

@henry on the upside at least it wasn't a bunch of nazis

@henry it will be on a quiz some day https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-history-of-quiz

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Well, half the fun of a parade is the anticipation.

@henry Ghost parade is very Halloween

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It was Dublin so they probably had a good time anyway

@henry so no one took the chance and jumped in here? 😂

@henry So it became a parade ipso facto! 🤷

@henry "journalists"

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And, of course, you provide a source link in this very post, to allow us to check before re-tooting ;-)

AI creates an actual...
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... FLASH MOB.

@henry is this post real?

@henry The journalist part is probably the most depressing aspect of it. If journalism means googling things, we're really screwed.

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And "Henry Fisher," a fake person who follows no one, posts a fake picture that doesn't link to a BBC site, about a fake event that was actually a non event, because there is no evidence that any of it happened at all. An amazing time indeed.

@henry at least the article exists:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4y1j91x7o

@henry The BBC article shown here does not mention AI. The post says that the company blamed a human for a copy-and-paste error using an older post.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd5319pz2ro

#TrustButVerify

@henry I wonder how long it will take for @marcuwekling's "Views" to become reality, seeing how close we already are. :blobcatnotlikethis:

@henry Be the parade you want to see.

@henry 🦖 If there's no parade, and everybody shows up, is there really no parade?

@henry And without providing sources for our statements but purely screenshots we are furthering the very practices that helps disinformation like this spread 😜

@henry this reminded me of a video that was quite popular over a decade ago: the Modesto ninja parade. I wonder if if it's still available on YouTube?

But, also, this is horrifying. The sets the precedent for AI scrapes telling us things are happening that aren't happening, and possibly causing injury and death to people.

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AI didn't do this, a liar did this. Period.

@henry 🏆Kudos🙏 for showing how much of us humans have degenerated into brainless lemming-like #SNSfollowers - in the name of what? Convenience, efficiency, FOMO, laziness, ...?
Btw, like many others, I've no sympathy for those who's business revolves around #fakery whether #AIgenerated or not. Look no further than at the world's biggest fakers-in-chief #Trump & #Musk 👎💩
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-halloween-parade-listing-dublin-interview/

Source of this screen capture from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr4y1j91x7o

(cc @henry)

@henry Fin de règne / End of reign