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[askandanswer]

Hi all

A few minutes ago my wife watched something that contained a still not moving, picture of President Nelson, with a voice over of President Nelson, announcing that Sunday church meetings would be reduced to one hour. I suspect its a fake but I'm not sure. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

[askandanswer]

I've just had a second look. It came from somewhere called AI General Conference. I think its a fake

[mikbone]

I suspect just for Easter Sunday.

Yup one hour next week.

Then back to two.

Edited April 1, 2023 by mikbone

[NeuroTypical]

47 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

I've just had a second look. It came from somewhere called AI General Conference. I think its a fake

This, however, is totally not fake:

 

[askandanswer]

This is what it was 

 

[NeuroTypical]

My fear is the large number of technologically advanced humans, including (or especially) my fellow saints, who will not bother to task sufficient brain cells to skepticism, and will be blown about by random trolling deepfakes produced by 11 year olds for a laugh.

[pam]

I've only heard about 1 hour concerning Easter Sunday.

[pam]

1 hour ago, askandanswer said:

This is what it was 

 

That didn't even sound like President Nelson to me. The inflections in the voice and tone didn't sound like him.  I think the voice is fake.

[The Folk Prophet]

1 hour ago, pam said:

That didn't even sound like President Nelson to me. The inflections in the voice and tone didn't sound like him.  I think the voice is fake.

It didn't sound like him at all!

[LDSGator]

12 hours ago, The Folk Prophet said:

It didn't sound like him at all!

I think they were trying to make his voice sound younger?

[Emmanuel Goldstein]

President Nelson and the prophets before him have warned us about this:

"...in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost." -https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2018/04/revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives?lang=eng 

"In February of 1847 the Prophet Joseph Smith appeared to Brigham Young in a dream or vision. President Young asked the Prophet if he had a message for the Brethren. The Prophet Joseph replied: “Tell the people to be humble and faithful, and be sure to keep the spirit of the Lord and it will lead them right. Be careful and not turn away the small still voice; it will teach them what to do and where to go; it will yield the fruits of the kingdom” (see Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young [1997], 41; emphasis added)." -https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2006/04/that-we-may-always-have-his-spirit-to-be-with-us?lang=eng

The time will come that the only way we will be able to tell what is real is by revelation and inspiration of the spirit. I always follow the rule that if it makes me mad or fearful then it is not from God. We must learn to not react, but to respond appropriately. 

 

[NeuroTypical]

No really folks - view this through whatever lens of outrage or faith or anxiety or apathy you wish - but understand that it's here.  The technology has made it easy for trolling teenagers to produce such things for free, and it'll only get easier and more widespread as time goes on.  The quality will only improve.

I'm thinking the secret is to not waste energy getting offended or defensive about it, but to spend that energy staying informed and gaining/maintaining the skills necessary to navigate such a world.

Healthy skepticism and common sense has never been more valuable.  And by 'common sense', I mean the sound and valuable principles espoused by this guy:

  

[LDSGator]

13 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

view this through whatever lens of outrage or faith or anxiety or apathy

I think it’s more curiosity and concern than any of those 

[Manners Matter]

It was April Fools Day.

A = April,  I = 1

[askandanswer]

Lol, yes, it took quite a few hours before I finally woke up to that. I thought the AI was artificial Intelligence.

[zil2]

Meanwhile, zil crawls out from under her rock, looks around, thinks, I'm so glad I live under a rock, crawls back under the rock, and returns to living in unreality.

[NeuroTypical]

Hmmm - sounds exactly like something a megalomaniacal cybernetic intelligence with designs on taking total control of the humans would say, while it's still vulnerable to attack.

[NeuroTypical]

Ooh - I saw this recent advice from Amazon - it's not bad either: