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Given the prevalence of AI and Deep Fake technology videos, can we take what is shown on TV as evidence of anything? The BBC itself in its drama series, The Capture, has floated the idea that even live CCTV footage can be faked.

So unless I see something happen right in front of me, I suspect it is fake. Even then I'd have to think twice before accepting it as true. In this increasingly bonkers world that's the legacy we are all living with now.

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The secret is not to watch the magic lantern in the first place.

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Sadly true.

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I'd have to agree that extreme scepticism is the most sensible place to start from.

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