Falseness

We know there is a lot of falseness online. That's easy to hide because of the distance that comes with this type of communication. And now AIs come to enhance it to the point people will likely become very reticent to almost anything they see or hear that comes through electronic means. That's good for the probable increasing emphasis on the in-person meetings, but a threat for the likely continued attempts to undermine online sources of truth.

Humans have a falseness detection ability. Some more developed than others. But they can sense when someone is bullshiting them. And they can sense when a person puts on masks instead of being truthful and act naturally.

Source (the AI didn't feel well today... only poor choices)

Sure, even face to face, we can be fouled. So this ability isn't infallible, not even close. The worse criminals live among us and we might never know.

How did I get to this topic today? I watched a few minutes of an interview with a public speaking expert.

Public speaking is easy for some people without any training, just by being themselves. But most people could use some guidelines and practice.

So, this public speaking expert knew her domain of expertise, but my falseness detection ability told me she is a faker... This is not her natural state, but a very well rehearsed role. And that would be fine, I guess, even if not perfect.

The bad thing is that she talked about masks and being natural, while she had her own set of masks on. Or so it seemed...

I was thinking as I was watching her how much it matters talent, natural inclination toward a domain in some cases. Skill can be trained, expertise can be obtained, but if those come on a fertile ground too, things can be truly exceptional instead of seeming unnatural.

I'll use her own example... She said why don't nutritionists say "eat more vegetables" and say "consume more vegetables" instead? It's something they often do in our country, I don't think it happens in English too... And she says, and I agree, that's unnatural. Why use "consume" when in your home you'd say "eat"? Maybe they want to sound pretentious, but they just sound broken.

To be honest, I don't think we can survive in this world as open books. So, all of us have some masks on at some point or in different circumstances. It's maybe when having a mask on becomes the natural state when things aren't ok. A person must feel very insecure to always wear a mask.