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Lahaina
first was Hollywood--
us, not them, on the moon
next we airbrushed
our divas and Redfords
like they'd never get acne or age
photoshopping changed everything--
a month in the gym with the click of a mouse
best Pacino impression I ever saw
turned out to be a deepfake
AI is a snowball
and we've packed its center
with solid ice
for the love of God,
tell me the truth
before it's tossed at me unsuspecting:
Did I dream I am?
Did I dream I am?
Did I dream I was?
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Not Lahaina yet, but getting there. It's not half as bad, though. Living the matrix will solve all our problems.
Nice one.
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(09-01-2023, 01:09 AM)Tiger the Lion Wrote: Lahaina
first was Hollywood--
us, not them, on the moon
next we airbrushed
our divas and Redfords
like they'd never get acne or age
photoshopping changed everything--
a month in the gym with the click of a mouse
best Pacino impression I ever saw
turned out to be a deepfake
AI is a snowball
and we've packed its center
with solid ice
for the love of God,
tell me the truth
before it's tossed at me unsuspecting:
Did I dream I am?
Did I dream I am?
Did I dream I was?
Love the poem, but the connection to Lahaina escapes me.
TqB
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Hi, Tiger. I like all the layers of uncertainty and unknowing. Makes me think of the theory that we're all holograms that's being entertained now by some in the astrophysics community.
I take the title to be a personification of the town and giving it some lines in the play, having it ask if it ever really was. I'm a sucker for this kind of thing, so I'm going with it.
Cogito Ergo Sum, that's what I say.
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I feel like the battle between legacy news and grass root interpretations on social media is a bit of a tortoise and hare metaphor. Lots of terrible liars, not enough meaty evidence. Both sides know their customers. Truth, at best, is a fortunate byproduct.
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Wow. Just watching a pretty moderate news source saying that fake video, archived images and video game footage of Israel have been shared 900 million times on social media.
