Day 1,770: Whizzy, intricate, eerily

Whizzy artificial-intelligence(ai) tools and intricate networks of social-media accounts are being used to make and share eerily convincing photos, video and audio, confusing fact with fiction.

How disinformation works—and how to counter it

Artwork of the day 
Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals)
Barbara Kruger
Date: 1981
Style: Conceptual Art
Genre: figurative

Word of the day 
Whizzy: used to describe something, especially a piece of technology, that is new and clever, and that works well:
intricate: with many complicated details that make something difficult to understand:
eerily: in a strange, frightening, and mysterious way:

Quote of the day
“But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.”

― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark