Glad you posted this, I was about to look for this same link to share. Between this and Adobe's voice emulation software https://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/11/04/

Glad you posted this, I was about to look for this same link to share. Between this and Adobe's voice emulation software https://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/11/04/adobes-upcoming-audio-tool-lets-you-synthesize-speech-in-anyones-voice/ https://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/11/04/adobes-upcoming-audio... it appears possible to create very realistic 'footage' of constructions based on real people doing and saying things. The film industry create computer generated characters of deceased actors (Star Wars for example). this makes the Economist piece very out of touch with realities, and presumably there are far more sophisticated technologies we don't know about too....