"As the AI plagiarism machines continue to churn out ever-more semi-realistic slop, including videos of OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman eating a barbecued Pikachu, the harm to any number of industries is incalculable. But there is also the personal harm, and no one has captured it better than actor and director Zelda Williams, daughter of the late Robin Williams, in a recent post on her Instagram."
"If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, I'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want."
"Sora, the AI video app from OpenAI, is flooding the internet with macabre depictions of both dead and living celebrities and public figures saying and doing things they've never said nor done. Obviously this can be enormously damaging for people's reputations, with credulous viewers reposting such footage as fact."
AI-generated videos are producing ever-more convincing deepfakes that misrepresent public figures and celebrities in realistic but false ways. These fakes spread online and can damage industries, reputations, and public trust when viewers accept them as authentic. The emotional toll on families and loved ones is significant, particularly when deceased individuals are depicted. Zelda Williams publicly pleaded for people to stop sending AI videos of her late father, highlighting how fabricated footage can trivialize and distort a person’s legacy. Tools like Sora create both macabre and benign fabrications that raise urgent ethical questions about consent and dignity.
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