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AStonesThrow ◴[] No.41855082[source]
This is unfortunate, and perhaps more pernicious than obvious deep fakes, is a video filter that lies to the recipients.

Several years ago during the pandemic, I enlisted a job coach to get me hired. One of her paramount concerns was my eye-contact with the camera. She said it's so important. Am I paying attention? Am I an honorable man who maintains eye contact when I'm in a conversation? If I look away, am I collecting my thoughts, or prevaricating?

Many supervisors, managers, and teachers will judge their employees by whether they can pay attention during meetings, or if they're distracted, in their phone's screen, looking at keyboard, glancing off at children or spouse. Even more important, if you're meeting your wife and she can't even maintain your attention, what kind of husband are you?

If you employ a gadget to lie about this, then I hope they fire you and find someone who'll be honest. I hope your wife sends you to sleep on the sofa.

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maximilianroos ◴[] No.41855166[source]
Sounds like the coach helped you maintain eye-contact with the camera. But if we get a tool to do this, then we're lying. Would you say the coach helped you lie?
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1. CGamesPlay ◴[] No.41855185[source]
That doesn't even make sense. The lie is that you're not doing the thing you are projecting as doing. You just said the coach helped the poster do the thing they projected as doing.