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Joan Is Awful
Season 6 Episode 1
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A woman discovers her life is being adapted in real time into a streaming TV drama using AI and deepfake technology.
Fictional Tech/Societal Changes
- 🤖❌Deepfake entertainment
- 🤖❌AI-generated content
- 📱❌Surveillance for media
How Close Are We?
AI-generated content is rapidly advancing, with deepfakes and synthetic media used for entertainment, advertising, and misinformation. Streaming platforms experiment with AI-driven personalization and recommendation. Surveillance data is used for targeted ads, but real-time, AI-generated TV dramas based on individuals do not exist. The episode exaggerates current trends, but the underlying tech is real and evolving quickly.