I think that we as humans are just beginning to learn how to sense when we are subjected to artificial representations of authentic human output. It's a natural muscle that needs exercising in these times. It's that spidey sense that whispers "somethin's not right about that."
We've always had this sense. It's called The "uncanny valley" effect, and it has plagued the vfx industry for a long time. Only within the last 15 years have the techniques gotten convincing enough to work in movies and not trigger the uncanny valley sense.
I think that we as humans are just beginning to learn how to sense when we are subjected to artificial representations of authentic human output. It's a natural muscle that needs exercising in these times. It's that spidey sense that whispers "somethin's not right about that."
I remember the first time a company, maybe Coke?, projected a hologram ad on a football field. It was a polar bear, walking around on the field.
We've always had this sense. It's called The "uncanny valley" effect, and it has plagued the vfx industry for a long time. Only within the last 15 years have the techniques gotten convincing enough to work in movies and not trigger the uncanny valley sense.