Friday, December 19, 2025

Friday Funny, or maybe not

If you have an active cat, you will get this video. On the face of it, it is amusing. But it doesn't take a third view to see how it is either faked or AI. Can you pick up the fakery immediately?


Some time ago I innocently posted the photo below. Apparently there are similar cliff face beds available in Ireland, but this one in China was the one I saw online. The problem is, no one can give a precise location or booking details. It simply must be AI. Outdoor beds on the Emerald Isle is an amusing thought. Ireland is very green, for good reasons, and again without a location or booking details.

It is concerning that what we see online can be fake and we don't know it is fake. Once I master the art of fakery, I will show you how handsome I am. Camera filters can only do so much. 

6 comments:

  1. Had she not screamed at the poor cat, the tree might have still been standing! (referring to the video)

    Hi Andrew, thank you so much for visiting me and for your kind comment on my blog today. The child you saw in the video was part of the Gag. Notice that a lady left the girl with a lady, who was not part of the Gag.

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    1. The lady who left the little girl, and the little girl, were both part of the gag! Only the adults were not part of it, and note that there was only one child there...who was part of the gag. :)

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  2. Most videos I see online now are obvious fakes or setups. It becomes quite tedious after a while.
    Now, my holiday video disasters are another matter entirely.

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  3. These examples show how easily convincing fakery now passes as reality when context and verifiable details are missing

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  4. I use youtube to source content for one of my U3A classes and it is scary how many now are AI generated. The quality is awful and the facts are dodgy. I would like to think the novelty will wear off and folk will go back to human endeavour but I have my doubts.

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Friday Funny, or maybe not

If you have an active cat, you will get this video. On the face of it, it is amusing. But it doesn't take a third view to see how it is ...