Jesse Rogerson

It was about the various social situations they were in.

And even if, this is the crazy thing, is that even if they were told it was a fake video, those people still judged that person in a negative way, indicating that even though it wasn't real, they were still influenced by the way the video presented the information.

So this bothers... This worries me for two reasons.

And it's... So there's the two problems where it's like you don't know if it's real or not.

But...

I think the very act of being shown something is going to change your perception about something.

This almost reminds me of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in physics, which is a whole other thing.

This is also what I think politicians do very often is they'll float ideas.

They'll say an idea and they'll sort of test the waters if that idea is good or not.

And then they'll backtrack or they'll move forward depending.

And I feel like that's what these AI videos do is they sort of push you around and like, what are you willing to stand?

What are you not willing to stand?

And if you aren't prepared for it, I think we need education in literacy, but we also need to understand our own psychological responses.

And the scientists in this study said specifically they don't know what the psychological mechanism is that allows you to still be influenced even if you know it's not real.

And they're interested in digging deeper into that.

Yeah.

But then you ask the question, you're like, I guess this is all about trust.

It's all about, you know, confirming your own ideas and being open to other ideas.

These are massive, massive character flaws that humanity has.

Right.