By Tim Binnall
A viral video said to show the examination of a crashed UFO in Arizona is actually a fantastic and somewhat troubling creation of artificial intelligence. The remarkable scene, which features people in hazmat suits studying the craft as a group of military personnel watch from a distance, was crafted by a digital artist dubbed SYBERvisions using the image generative program Midjourney. Posted online last week with the purpose of showcasing the awesome ability of AI, the production has since been repurposed and spread on social media by unscrupulous individuals and pranksters claiming that it is genuine footage of a downed UFO.
While, of course, that is not the case, one can be forgiven if they were initially fooled by the 'footage' considering how real it appears. To that end, the video is a rather worrisome testament to how far artificial intelligence has advanced as differentiating between genuine media and fabulous fabrications has become an increasingly difficult task that will only become even more challenging in the future. That said, perhaps the skeptical approach to paranormal videos will wind up applying to similarly wondrous scenes created by AI in that if it is too good to be true, it probably isn't.