Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

Chapter 7: The Uncanny Valley: PSYOPs That Blur Reality Itself

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

Show Notes

What happens when you can no longer distinguish between what is real and what is artificial intelligence? In this chapter, we uncover the technological breakthroughs that are reshaping PSYOPs, and find out why facial recognition advancements, big tech influences, and deepfake abilities have insiders very concerned.

Chapters:

(00:53) A Deepfake targeting Marco Rubio

(04:27) Detecting Deepfakes

(07:11) The Concept of the Uncanny Valley

(13:36) Deepfake Political PSYOPs

(20:41) Cognitive Warfare Evolution

(27:18) Mass Surveillance Efforts in China and Facial Recognition Technologies

(29:39) Palantir Data Consolidation

(36:16) China’s Interest in Taiwan

(42:11) Defense Against Deepfake PSYOPs

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