#technology-skepticism

#technology-skepticism

Remember the Hans Christian Andersen story The Emperor's New Clothes? It's about an emperor who is convinced by some vendors' BS to buy a set of what's described as a beautiful set of clothes. There's only one problem; the clothes are imaginary. When the emperor wears (or actually doesn't wear) the clothes in a big parade, his constituents are afraid to say that he's wearing no clothes. Until a young child blurts out the truth: "The emperor is wearing no clothes!"

A video that went viral this week shows an AI-generated take on the iconic sitcom "Friends" that's so bizarre that it's uncomfortable to watch. While the set appears to be largely recognizable, the cast members bear almost no resemblance to the show's actual human actors. Performers also sprout random limbs, their hands teleport through doors, and at one point, towards the end of the video, one sloppified cast member mysteriously sheds a clone of herself, who immediately takes a seat on a nearby couch.