When asked the question, what is reality? Can you answer it? do you have a clear idea of what reality is? Westerhoff describes it as “everything that appears to our five senses”– smell, touch etc.
Rolling into Hyper-reality. What is it? In simply terms in is a heightened version of the world around us, created with layer of simulation that become so proficient, it is often hard to consciously tell apart true reality.
In todays world we are being shown more and more examples of hyper-reality. For example, Deepfake. Human image synthesis based on artificial intelligence that as of a few days ago, can create videos from one an image. A single image. The implications behind this technology is incredibly exciting yet also unsettling.
A program able to create fairly accurate and extremely believable depictions of individuals within the wrong hands can cause a very dangerous chain of events.
Comfort Zone Begone 