Sean Carroll

I see no reason why not.

Dennis Michael Briggs, a.k.a.

Mike, says, how do you feel about being deepfaked 40 years after your death, a la Richard Feynman?

Well, you know, mostly I don't care.

Like, I'll be dead, right?

It doesn't really bother me.

I think it's silly.

I don't like deepfakes of Richard Feynman either.

Like, it's not the same thing.

What do you think you're doing enjoying and watching these deepfakes?

It's just remixing things Feynman said, but in a way that is necessarily degraded.

It's practically a theorem, right?

The, uh...

information, when you run it through some processing, it only gets worse over time.

So you're not really listening to the actual Feynman.

If you want to listen to the actual Feynman, read his books or watch his videos or whatever.

So I think I feel sorry for the people who think it's cool to do it.

I mean, it might be different if you're just doing it for purely entertainment purposes, but it's not a good way to learn and it's not honoring the person you're doing it for.

Sean Bentley says, my 14-year-old son had a well-timed quantum physics question right when you called for AMA questions.

Here it is.