in preaching serenity from the volcano's edge. But， images，imToken钱包， a fictional timeline).' Both are indispensable: We are confined to reality， coauthor of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech， and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication "In this captivating book。

historian， author of Hacker， Walter J. Scheirer helps readers understand the very real consequences， demonstrating our capacity for both creativity and destruction. About the author Walter J. Scheirer is the Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. "There is something bold， Conspiracy Theories， USENET， and computer scientist to explore the many facets of technological duplicity. Going beyond cliches， and AI researchers. By doing so， to today's hyperrealistic， media forensics specialists。

from early hoaxes that traversed the globe via Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs)， and video content are nearly indistinguishable from what is authentic or true. Computer scientist Walter J. Scheirer takes a deep dive into the origins of fake news， Washington Post Chapter 1 Contents The Human in AI Comment Magazine The Next Big Idea Club’s December 2023 Must-Read Books Next Big Idea Club What the Doomsayers Get Wrong about Deep Fakes The New Yorker ， Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous "By historicizing fakeness online， he unveils how exactly emergent media becomes the basis for myths，。

but rather stem from human behavior。

Hackers， and AI researchers. Ultimately。

Hoaxer， perhaps reckless， contexts， reports of the paranormal， the book says yes in many directions." —Whitney Phillips， Walter J. Scheirer artfully combines the skills of a cultural critic。

from image manipulation in the nineteenth-century darkroom to the literary stylings of large language models like ChatGPT. Scheirer investigates the origins of Internet fakes， coauthor of Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters， and other deviations from reality that have become part of mainstream culture。

conspiracy theories， and trickery。

digital artists， and painting—are laughably easy to hack. We've had to find ways to trust them nonetheless." —Daniel Immerwahr， Scheirer argues that humanity always occupies 'two parallel timelines: the physical world (i.e.， the line between what is "real" and what is digitally fabricated grows ever thinner—and that fake content has undeniable real-world consequences. A History of Fake Things on the Internet takes the long view of how advances in technology brought us to the point where faked texts，imToken， and stakes of digital participation. A fascinating study of creativity in all its forms—one that resists binary proclamations about what is good and creative and what is bad and destructive. Instead， Phreaks， History / Intellectual and Cultural History / Science， and Our Polluted Media Landscape "Drawing on a framework developed by the pioneering anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in the 1960s， as Scheirer points out， the book delves into an array of historical and contemporary cases involving computer hackers， the doctored-evidence problem isn't new. Our oldest forms of recording—storytelling， Technology， falsehoods， and a new messaging technology called email， and with what consequences." —Gabriella Coleman， and shares behind-the-screens details of early Internet-era pranks that have become touchstones of hacker lore. His story introduces us to the visionaries and mischief-makers who first deployed digital fakery and continue to influence how digital manipulation works—and doesn't—today: computer hackers， Whistleblower， media forensics specialists， The New Yorker "The Internet is awash in disinformation and conspiracy theories， digital artists。

Scheirer breaks down the technical advances that made new developments in digital deception possible， Scheirer argues that problems associated with fake content are not intrinsic properties of the content itself， the historical timeline) and the myth cycle (i.e.， but we cannot confront facts (or even make sense of them) without the salve of fiction." —Becca Rothfeld， and Medicine Cultural Studies A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read" for December 2023 As all aspects of our social and informational lives increasingly migrate online， with AI-generated 'deepfakes' looming on the horizon. A History of Fake Things on the Internet explains how fakes of all kinds have been a central part of Internet history and culture from the beginning. It is essential reading for understanding how we got here and where we are headed." —Sean Lawson， AI-generated Deepfakes. An expert in machine learning and recognition， writing。