%%Post image thumbnail below.%%  # Episode Overview > - **Date Aired:** [[11-28-2023]] > - **Title:** Straight Outta Black Mirror > - **Episode:** 264 > - **Description:** From AI influencers that look like celebrities to sports journalists, we are deviating from actual humanity at a breakneck pace. Let's talk about it. > - **Link:** https://www.bigdigenergy.info/BDE264 # Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3vvova/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> # Greetings & Announcements - I will be out of town for the show on 12-07-2023 (Thursday two weeks from now) to join '[Donut Operator](https://www.youtube.com/@DonutOperator/featured)' for a range day with a group of other people. Should all go according to plan, I will be back on that Saturday with plenty of time to do a show that night.  # Segments ## RIP Popular Science  [Archive](http://archive.today/SrD3x) **After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine**  Meanwhile... this passes as journalism: ## Deadspin's Carron Phillips Targets a Child [Archive](http://archive.today/7Q5Vj) > **It takes a lot to disrespect two groups of people at once. But on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, a Kansas City Chiefs fan found a way to hate Black people and the Native Americans at the same time.**  [Archive](https://archive.is/lMFUp)  The ultimate irony of this being the kid is a Native American, and his father is a board member of the Chumash Tribe.  But not all sports writers are awful social justice warriors, some of them are just fake. ## Sports Illustrated Used AI Authors, Then Deleted Evidence **Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers** [Archive](http://archive.today/qoT6Q)  ## AI Influencers - The Good, The Bad, The Horrifying We've known for a [long time](https://archive.ph/i75BN) that the US (as well as many other countries) spends its time and resources running sock puppet accounts to spread propaganda.  But the next wave of influencers might be a lot harder to spot, and they're backed by tech behemoths with unfathomably-large budgets: [Archive](https://archive.is/SZZ1n)   ### Meta's Uncanny Valley https://ai.meta.com/genai/  One of these include Paris Hilton as a.. detective. Not kidding.  %%1Footer Starts Here%% ---  --- # Keep Digging %%Space%% ## Tags #Stream/BDE ### Footnotes & References