Neuroscientist Anil Seth: creating indistinguishable AI fake people is a terrible idea
anilkseth · x · 2026-10-08
Neuroscientist Anil Seth, writing in Nautilus, slams Tavos's Griffin—claimed to be the first AI to pass a video Turing test, indistinguishable from a real human even with audio and video. He argues the consequences could be worse than social media: mass scams, exploding mental illness, exploited loneliness, and a society losing its grip on reality. He cites Daniel Dennett's call that companies generating fake people commit an immoral act of vandalism and should be held liable, and argues such avatars should not be permitted, let alone celebrated.
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