A16Z's VC Flex: Look How Well Our AI Fakes History
An Andreessen Horowitz partner tweeted a viral AI generated video of 1990s kids predicting how computers would be used someday, made with Black Forest Labs' Flux 3, an a16z portfolio company, and praised it for being convincingly realistic, awkward silences and all. The clip fooled plenty of scrollers before people realized it was entirely fabricated. Critics say bragging about AI's ability to fake historical footage is a chilling flex, especially as the same tech could soon fabricate 'newly discovered' footage of real historical tragedies, no fact check required.
Nothing says 'responsible AI leadership' like flexing your portfolio company's talent for counterfeiting the past.