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auntblabby
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26 Jan 2026, 9:53 pm

PUBLIC SERVICE WARNING- the video below, and many similar ones infesting YouTube, is a DEEPFAKE-


in various YouTube videos, the deepfake misrepresentation of Dr. Michio Kaku said that [among other things] 3I Atlas [a comet orbiting earth] has formed a circle of sub-satellites surrounding the earth at 360 points, and that a message from it said "the harvest has begun" - THIS IS FAKE.

BEWARE of deepfakes, fellow WPers! :idea:



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27 Jan 2026, 12:14 am

Saw thst too About 3 I Atlas, interstellar object.. seemed very good fake.. appeared well done. Shamely convincing :roll:


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27 Jan 2026, 5:27 am

A passing pedant notes that comets do not orbit planets. :nerdy:

Otherwise, obvious AI slop is obvious.

What's remarkable about this particular object is the amount of utter nonsense posted about it.
Try: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3I/ATLAS ...among several other more reasoned analyses.


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27 Jan 2026, 2:31 pm

It looks so fake it might actually be funny watching this tinfoil-headed nonsense.



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27 Jan 2026, 6:07 pm

why can't he sue the people who put out this tripe?



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27 Jan 2026, 6:13 pm

auntblabby wrote:
why can't he sue the people who put out this tripe?


It's probably not that he can't and more that it's more difficult than he feels is worth it.


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27 Jan 2026, 11:58 pm

I can imagine how mortifying this situation is for Dr. Kaku. :oops: