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The Edit Files 2 | I Thought I Was Writing Fiction. Then Reality Caught Up

The Edit didn't come out of nowhere. It was inspired by real events, media narratives and moments that made me wonder what happens when power gets to rewrite reality. Here's where the story really began.

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00:00D-Edit is a vertical thriller series about a government that uses AI to edit reality.
00:06And I started writing it after a real-life event I couldn't stop thinking about.
00:11I shot this series in January and February, right after a for any good.
00:16A woman quickly accused of by the government, with no trial, no investigation,
00:23and full immunity granted to the officer.
00:26And I was pretty shaken by it.
00:28Around the same time, the Iranian uprisings were being violently repressed.
00:33The government shut down the internet entirely.
00:36And it was a big digital blackout designed to erase evidence
00:40and to prevent people from talking about ***.
00:43If something truly serious is actually happening, it wouldn't be online.
00:49It would be blocked, scrubbed, gone.
00:52And then came files.
00:54More names, more allegations, and more silence from the people who were supposed to act.
00:59The beginning of the year was tough, and it all pointed to the same thing.
01:05Power rewriting its own story, its own reality.
01:09Democracy can afford a little bit of burnish.
01:11So I started imagining a world where a government could do this systematically.
01:17Rewriting images, videos, narratives, with the help of an AI.
01:22A world where facts are constantly being steered.
01:26Then, just a few days after I finished the shooting, the U.S. started a *** with a run.
01:32And if you have seen episode seven, you would know why I had this strange feeling that
01:38reality was catching up with fiction faster than expected.
01:42They can barely keep the lights on and they want to play *** chicken with us.
01:46Have fun.
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