Things and people aren't always what they seem

@JudyEv (373807)
Rockingham, Australia
January 9, 2026 9:14pm CST
Various articles are always popping up on YouTube and Vince brought one to my attention the other day. He called me in to listen to an attractive young girl with a beautiful singing voice. He’d been listening to a few of her songs. After I left him to it, he tried to find out a bit more about her. He was pretty stunned to discover she was AI-generated and geared at helping people learn English through music! You may know of her/it already but it was new to us. From being somewhat smitten with her, Vince now thinks she is a great disappointment! The name, or maybe I should say the site is LoFi Lulla if you’d like to have a look for yourself. The photo is of the dance band Vince used to be in. You’ve seen it before. The two other men have since passed away and we’ve just learnt that the pianist now has Parkinson’s.
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@AmbiePam (114555)
• United States
10 Jan
That’s always disappointing to find things like that out; although, I’d rather know than ultimately be fooled. Vince was a very active fellow! And still is!
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan
I can only imagine how his legs would ache if he did a night's drumming nowadays! lol
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@Laurakemunto (13791)
• Kenya
10 Jan
AI is the new norm everything is now AI that we question the authenticity of something or someone sorry for the disappointment
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan
You can't really trust anything nowadays which is a bit sad.
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• Kenya
10 Jan
@JudyEv trust is diminishing as the days go by unfortunately
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• Philippines
10 Jan
The world is getting scary, everything can be scammed and faked using AI.
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• Philippines
12 Jan
@JudyEv true, that is why even investigation is hard, because they need to do a lot of filtering if the videos and photos are tampered.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
Yes, and it's very cleverly done. It's hard to spot if it's real or fake.
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@jstory07 (147729)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Jan
That is sad about the dance band.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
They had a lot of fun in the band. The other two men were brothers.
@LadyDuck (495065)
• Italy
10 Jan
It's really hard to make the difference from real and AI generated. I took a test yesterday, look at two photos and guess which one was the original and which one AI generated. I missed more than half.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
I can believe that. I think I'd be the same. In fact, I'm sure of it.
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@LadyDuck (495065)
• Italy
12 Jan
@JudyEv I have read the comments and guessing half right was a great score it seems.
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@moffittjc (127723)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Jan
I have become so skeptical of everything I see or read or hear on the internet, because chances are now that it is AI-generated information. AI is not always a bad thing, but I wish there were requirements that stipulated anything generated by AI had to be labeled as such.
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@moffittjc (127723)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jan
@JudyEv Now you have to take the extra step of researching and verifying everything you see or read nowadays, in order to know if it is true or fake.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jan
@moffittjc So true.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
I'd like that too. I hate the thought that I can't really trust anything I read or see nowadays.
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@celticeagle (186498)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Jan
I think that some of the places that AI shows up is rather odd. But I guess it is easier for folks who have good ideas to make them reality.
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@celticeagle (186498)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Jan
@JudyEv ........I'm sure they do have some fun. Just don't want to see it get out of hand.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
I'm sure they have fun doing this stuff but it's also a bit annoying for us gullible people.
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• China
10 Jan
There are many AI-generated people in my short video of Wechat ,who teach us this and that,including English. In the photo ,is the second from the left Vince ?
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• China
13 Jan
@JudyEv Here few people wear them,maybe due to the cultural difference. If not the (facial hair),I might not to know sideboards=whiskers.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
AI 'people' have their place I'm sure and they're here to stay. We'll just have to get used to it. . Yes, Vince is playing drums. Do you like his sideboards (facial hair)? They were all the fashion back then. Here's another photo of them.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan
@changjiangzhibin89 A lot of people here have beards and/or moustaches. They weren't in fashion once but they're quite popular again now. Just as many shave their heads.
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@RebeccasFarm (91241)
• United States
11 Jan
What a shame that its an AI.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
It certainly had us fooled.
@Fleura (34272)
• United Kingdom
10 Jan
I hadn't come across that before. When I looked for it, I found the channel that says 'Experience the magic of AI —where virtual artists bring every song to life with passion and precision. We blend classic covers, calming melodies, and lyrical beauty to help you improve pronunciation, grow your vocabulary, and fall in love with English—one song at a time.' There were no actual videos though, they just showed a picture with the song playing. But then I was even more confused because below, in the video section, songs come up in other languages. For example there is one which I think is in Urdu, but nevertheless below this it says 'Today on LoFiLulla, we’re singing and learning English with “Main Tera Shehar Chhod Jaungi” even though it is not in English. And elsewhere Lofilulla is described as a prominent Pakistani singer. So has the AI system just 'adopted' another singer who happens to have the same name?
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
Your guess is as good as mine!
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@just4him (322454)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 Jan
I'm sure it was a let down to know it was AI generated. I'm sorry two of the band members have passed and the pianist has parkinsons.
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@just4him (322454)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jan
@JudyEv Yes, it's been helpful.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
I know you've employed AI to have with your book covers. It has a lot of good uses, that's for sure.
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@JESSY3236 (21726)
• United States
13 Jan
lol I was fooled by a story about a girl in a talent show. It was an AI generated story. Then my mother was fooled by one too.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jan
She looks so real, doesn't she?
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@LindaOHio (215954)
• United States
11 Jan
I don't like the fact that we can be fooled by AI. Sorry to hear the news about Vince's band members.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
I find it annoying that you can't really trust anything now that you see and hear.
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@LindaOHio (215954)
• United States
12 Jan
@JudyEv For sure. Even if you see news footage of something, who knows if it's real?
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• Northampton, England
10 Jan
He's found another woman .lol
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
He was a bit disappointed to find out she wasn't real!
@snowy22315 (204153)
• United States
11 Jan
Oh wow, guess Vince has to find a new crush. Sorry about the pianist.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
He was quite miserable for a while!!
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@May2k8 (19715)
• Indonesia
10 Jan
I see AI also can engineer old photos to come to life and can also be given sound effects.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
There seems to be nothing it can't do.
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@velvet53 (24419)
• Palisade, Colorado
10 Jan
It seems that Al is taking over everything and that is sad. I don't care for Al and wish things would go back to normal.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
Unfortunately nothing will ever go back to normal and yes, it is very sad. It would be okay if AI was used for good but too many use it in the wrong way.
@wolfgirl569 (130841)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jan
Poor Vince. You can't tell what's real anymore
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
He was quite put out for a little while. I was just as impressed by the performance as he was!
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@RasmaSandra (95165)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jan
There are a lot of things that appear real on the Internet these days but aren't really, I am interested I will take a look at that site,
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
It's amazing what they can do with images now.
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@Shiva49 (27976)
• Singapore
10 Jan
AI generated videos are getting overdone with the result we can't trust anything we see as real. I remember seeing this photo. The other three seem to be brothers going by their names.
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@JudyEv (373807)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
The men were brothers and the wife was married to the saxophonist. The name was just the name of the group.
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