The Loss of Reality
Humanity begins its trek into a truthless existence caused by technology
Humanity has reached a new level, whether you consider that an upward or downward level is solely up to you. Having lived in a time before the internet and smart phones (regular cell phones as well) information and communication have never worked faster. When I was a kid, it was pure science fiction to have a video conversation with someone on a handheld device, now it’s science reality. Though a part of me is giddily excited about some aspects of our technological future, there is a part that dreads that dark side that emerges with it.
In this world of lightning-fast communication, a new media has emerged with it. Some people call it “fake news” but in a broader sense it is “misinformation”. As artificial intelligence’s abilities increase, so do the chances of manufactured misinformation entering the public domain and swaying the populations of the world. Who has the greater motive to use AI generated misinformation for malice? Governments, of course. It’s the whole wag the dog scenario. It’s classic George Orwell, 1984.
One of the latest social media trends are AI generated vlogs (virtual logs) from various character from the Bible, Star Wars stormtroopers, bigfoot or aliens, and many others. As much as it is an amusing form of entertainment it also has the potential for malice. As mentioned in previous articles, AI generated media can be used to frame people for crimes and start wars. Just a year ago, that possibility was science fiction but today it is becoming a science reality.
As of July 2025, our latest controversy is regarding Jeffery Epstein. Initially we were told there was no video of Epstein in his cell by the government. According to the records, it was erased accidentally by technical error. Now we’re being told that there is a video by the government, specifically FBI Director Kash Patel. In a recent interview the Joe Rogan Experience, Patell and Joe go back and forth over the controversy.
Patel says they are going to release the video. Rogan counters with the prior claims of lack of video to which Patell says he’s seen it and plans to release all the evidence. Then Rogan counters again with the video being fake AI generated video.
The point here is not to debate whether that Mr. Patel is being honest or not, but rather the fact that we, as humans, now must consider what we’re seeing in this instance whether it’s an AI generated fabrication or not. It is my opinion that Mr. Patel is quite sincere and honest. But as a leader in government, he must operate and deal with the information that he has and follow that date where it leads. And we, as humans, must consider the possibility that someone in the government is trying to hide, cover up and manipulate the American people. Seeing is no longer believing.
Depending on how tight you want to cling to your tin foil hat and or your carefully crafted reality by which you perceive reality, you must admit that this is the next step total human manipulation. When we lose the ability to trust our eyes and ears, we’ve lost the ability to perceive an objective truth. Our modern society is wrestling with moral relativism and on top of that we’re piling on potential fictional realities.
People in our society are creating narratives that are maligned with agendas. The ontic referents and ancient landmarks by which we’ve been guided to where we are today are being destroyed or slowly eroded in the pursuit of power and evil. Americans’ perception of reality are bleeding out on the altar of freedom from our apparent lack of restraint and rotting moral character.
What can we do about it? Unfortunately, the disease will likely run its course until it either kills us or humans find a cure or become immune to such manipulation. The latter seems to be happening in many facets of push back on counterculture. Certain words used to attack opponents have lost their effect from overuse. Will the saturation of AI video lose it effect as well?
Until AI is completely unidentifiable and seamless, we will be able to determine what we’re seeing is real or fake.. But, the tomorrow when we cannot, is rapidly approaching. We are losing reality. It may not seem like much but without an ontic referent for sound judgement and thinking the world can’t function. In a world of gray, we will soon be begging for the black and white. We will soon find ourselves dying of thirst for truth in a desert of doubt and subterfuge. The fun social media toy will become the weapon that starts the fall of humanity. Of course, I could be wrong about all of it. It’s just my perspective from the bottom end.