“Who is human and who only appears (masquerades) as human? Unless we can individually and collectively be certain of the answer to this question, we face what is, in my view, the most serious problem possible.” - Philip K Dick

But it is what everyone has seen for 15 years in all media representations and believed to be true. Now folk can do it for themselves, they can at least see it isn't and never has been

You have been able to do that for over 15 years with Photoshop and every commercial operation did (it was head of IT for a retailer in the mid noughties) we have a large team of graphics specialists heavily editing every single photo you see. This makes it within everyone's ability. Is that worse?

Anyway, here's my slightly fuller fact-check - and rant about the media's constant failings - shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10...