The Huw Edwards situation

413x · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:28

VincentHanna said:
It doesn't

But we do live in a World where AI can make it sound like Martin Lewis is giving advice that is completely made up.

Deep fake stuff is going to get harder and harder to avoid as time goes on.

Won't be long before you can't trust anything.
And there will be now way to prove/disprove in some instances.

413x · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:29

Hades said:

"do you wanna blow my didgeridoo"

Hades · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:30

Kenai said:
Unless it comes out to be a complete falsehood, which seems unlikely currently, I doubt we'll be seeing much more of them.

I think there has been enough seen of him already

glenimp617 · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:30

413x said:
Deep fake stuff is going to get harder and harder to avoid as time goes on.

Won't be long before you can't trust anything.
And there will be now way to prove/disprove in some instances.

To be fair, many people still trust the British media. Even if people use AI to peddle nonsense, and it becomes well known, people will still believe it no matter how many times you say.
It's like those fake facebook ads, people fall for it time and time again.

Minusorange · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:37

Is there not something wrong with the logic in the law, if a person 16-17 can legally have sex, but it's illegal for them to have anything to do with porn, even watching it ? Or is there a disclaimer in the law where you can only have sex in darkness or with your eyes closed so you don't view anything 18+ ?

dowie · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:41

Junglist said:
We spent ages last night trying to work out who it could be. We have a few people who we wish to be innocent but we don't know who we think 'dun it'

A UK comedian posted a photo of the alleged person concerned and made a very big unsubtle hint relating to this story on Saturday.

413x · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:42

TheOracle said:
To be fair, many people still trust the British media. Even if people use AI to peddle nonsense, and it becomes well known, people will still believe it no matter how many times you say.
It's like those fake facebook ads, people fall for it time and time again.

Doesn't help that the comments are obviously filterable.
It'll say "100 comments". But only see a few positive ones.

Its just going to get bigger and bigger a problem

Is it far out to wonder if the deep fake stuff will eventually become so indistinguishable from real that people will just switch off?
Or, people will just accept everything is fake and carry on lapping it up?

Maybe we won't even have real people in films/tv shows eventually.

Sankari · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:43

ci_newman said:
The implication is that the presenter is the same age as the presenter.

The what is the what?

:confused:

Blackjack Davy · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:44

Richie said:
So we know the potential outcomes if the person asked for images when the younger person was under 18 but what do people realistically think will happen if it's shown that the person was over 18 when receiving the images?

Does everyone just forget about it and let the man move on?..

Edit - also, what happens if it's shown that the younger person lied about their age and said they were older?

The unwashed masses will never let it be.

Which is exactly why they're so reluctant to release the information the unfounded accusations against Cliff Richard and Paul Gambuccini significantly damaged their reputation and the latter has made no bones about just how angry he was/is with the BBC

dowie · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:46

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Unfortunate as it is, I think if you want to put yourself in the eyes of the public (presenters, musicians, actors, politicians etc) then you need to appear to be squeaky clean, even if the things you may want to do are not technically illegal.

Yeah, "I did meet her when she was 17 but waited until after her 18th birthday before paying for the dirty texting stuff" might well be fine legally but still isn't exactly a good look for a serious BBC presenter.

visibleman · 10 Jul 2023 at 14:56

n111ck · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:14

dowie said:
Yeah, "I did meet her when she was 17 but waited until after her 18th birthday before paying for the dirty texting stuff" might well be fine legally but still isn't exactly a good look for a serious BBC presenter.

I believe in TV circles the technical term is 'unwise, but not illegal'.

NVP · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:14

It was a typo, I swear

Mujja · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:16

Mods, can we have a poll?

dlockers · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:18

n111ck said:
I believe in TV circles the technical term is 'unwise, but not illegal'.

My favourite kind of wise

Armageus · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:18

NVP said:
It was a typo, I swear

Finger slipped, I swear

Freddie1980 · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:20

So a BBC presenter who you would think is a pilar or respectability turns out to be another degenerate.

glenimp617 · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:22

If I wanted to look at a certain UK comedians posts, where would I start?

Minusorange · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:24

Freddie1980 said:
So a BBC presenter who you would think is a pilar or respectability turns out to be another degenerate.

We're all degenerates of different degrees, even those puritanical license fee payers

n111ck · 10 Jul 2023 at 15:26

TheOracle said:
If I wanted to look at a certain UK comedians posts, where would I start?

I searched for 'BBC' on reddit yesterday, whilst looking for unsubstantiated allegations, and lets just say it has a different meaning on there.. so be careful lol..