Escape to a river resort. While we often talk about the fact that you shouldn't fall for fake news or different things that are floating around social media, that you always have to research. Living in this new technology age in which we can't even trust our eyes anymore, there are AI images out there that look pretty real. You have to have a lot of sympathy for people that do fall for this and start to share images, because
when you look at them, they seem very real. When you look at them, they seem like it's something somebody actually took a photograph of, But the reality is it is purely AI generated. We saw this after the hurricanes devastated Tennessee and the Carolinas and there was those mass flooding. There was this picture of a little girl with a puppy in a boat, flood waters all around, tears in her eyes. It was a very powerful image. When you looked at it, you saw something that instantly evoked an
emotion in you. You felt for this little girl, You felt for this little puppy. But it wasn't real. But it was shared all over social media. It was shared all over because people saw it and then invoked that reaction. We were already feeling bad for the victims. You see something like that that reinforces it. You instantly share it,
and it looks so real on its surface. But when you take a deeper look at it and you realize that on one hand, the girl had but three fingers and on the other hand she had six fingers, that's when you realize that maybe this photo's not real. But so much of this is happening nowadays, and we're living in a frightening time to where we're so easily misled, and we're misled through technology. There is now technology that
can emulate anyone's voice. So you may hear an audio clip that tells you that your favorite politician, your favorite sports hero, whatever it is, you hear with your own ears, this person saying the most horrific things imaginable. You hear it, so you believe it. Then you find out that was AI generated. He never said that a computer emulated his
voice and said it. When we watch things, and we're sitting here in this new technology world where we're seeing advancements and artificial intelligence, we have to question more things than we ever have before. We have to look at things and actually do research before we buy into anything. I know that's hard, especially in our busy lives, but when we have social media and everybody wants to be
the first to share something. Look, I'm not throwing out a stone inch you and saying that you're wrong for wanting to be the first to share something. I do see something and want to be the first to get that information out there, especially if it's something I can put on the right sides page that will generate more attention to the program. So we have that urge that's human nature. But now, unless I know it's accurate, I
am less likely to share it. I am less likely to put something out there without some type of verification. Where do we get that verification from? Especially in today's day and age, where we have a hard time trusting our mainstream news media. Where do we get that verification when those who were supposed to be the ones who were bringing us the factual news are in fact bringing
spend themselves. We've talked about it already, how they have edited certain interviews to try to help candidates of their choice. We've talked about it before. How the news media will put out a false story that they know is false because it aids the person they want or it harms the person they dislike. So again, in this new age, where are we supposed to find our comfort to know that these images, that these sounds, these things that we're
coming across, how do we know that they're real? Yes, I want people to think before they post, think before they share certain things on social media, but also have a lot a lot of sympathy for them, especially some of our older friends who are on social media who are quick to run. One of the things that I find more frustrating than somebody sharing a fake AI generated picture or a story from a less than incredible source are the self righteous people that want to jump on
them and condemn them. Maybe they have more time on their hands, maybe they've already seen that it's fake. That's fine, tell them hey, look I think that's an AI generated photo. Maybe even private message them. But too many people want to go on there and shame people for sharing this stuff, knowing full well that they're just one post away from being fooled themselves. These self righteous people, in my opinion,
are some of the worst. They might actually be worse than the people sharing the false information, the AI generated information, because again, they want to look down on them older folks are going to have a harder time understanding some of this new technology. There's going to come a day where you and I are going to have a harder time understanding the new technology. They're trusting their eyes. They see a photo, they believe it to be real because
they can see it. They hear something with their own ears, they hear it, so therefore they think they can believe it. They don't understand this technology. So maybe before you jump on them and start to try to shame them for sharing something that you already know to be false, maybe you try to help them, because again, it is a scary new world, and you, my friend, are also just one post away from putting out your own bit of
false information. This has been Morning Coffee with the Right Side, and I'm your host, Jack Fairchilds and we're a part of the Midnight Ride Network. This show has been brought to you by Pearl River Casino and Resort.