Impossible selfies are all the rage on social media, all thanks to AI

How is it possible that the protagonists of the historic first chapters of Star Wars and those of the first science fiction series ‘Star Trek’? If this supercast seems unlikely, but not impossible, it is different to discover that in the times of the ancient Egyptians there were two rather particular ‘slaves’:Keith Richards dei Rolling Stones e Willie Nelson one of the greatest American singer-songwriters. And what about gods instead video in which complete strangers hop from one historic set to another to get high selfie with sacred monsters of cinema just while they were busy making films that made them immortal?

It doesn’t happen in the real world, but it is a phenomenon that instead rages on X. Among the most impressive videos is that of Dr. Clown, PhD, in which the ‘selfomaniac’ photographs himself together with the historical casts of ‘Star Wars’, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘The Matrix’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan’. together with Marlon Brando on the set of ‘The Godfather’ and Harrison Ford on the set of ‘Indiana Jones’. In this case it is not just an exercise in technological virtuosity. The author, in fact, posts the video with a message that sounds like an ‘SOS’: “In 2-3 years it will no longer be possibledistinguish what is real from what is not… and I have no idea how humanity will deal with this enormous problem.”

The imprint of artificial intelligence in videos

In fact, still, looking carefully, you can understand that AI is behind it: very clean images, often imprecise faces, slow and unnatural movements. But, as Dr. Clown says, in 2-3 years things could change.

In 2–3 years, there will be no way to tell what’s real and what’s not… and I have no idea how humanity will deal with this enormous problem. pic.twitter.com/TgkE1BvAig

— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) December 18, 2025

Meanwhile, however, the phenomenon of impossible videosdepopulated. And so we have Keep Rock Alive posting a black and white video under the following caption: “Rare images ofWillie Nelson e Keith Richardsthat help build thepyramids in Egypt”.

Impossible selfies with movie stars

Others, like Dr. Clown, enjoy doing itselfies with the darlings of cinema. Like Nuri Yıldız who photographs herself on the set of ‘I Am Legend’ with Will Smith, on that of ‘Gladiator’ with Russell Crowefrom ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ with Johnny Depp, from ‘Indiana Jones’ with Harrison Ford, from ‘Titanic’ con Leonardo DiCaprio e Kate Winsletof ‘The Shining’ with Jack Nicholson, of ‘Kill Bill’ with Uma Thurman, of ‘Mission: Impossible’ con Tom Cruiseand ‘The Godfather’ with Marlon Brando.

I don’t even want to think about how far artificial intelligence will go in a few years

pic.twitter.com/YqQdauCvN3

— Enezator (@Enezator) December 10, 2025

And, again, FinoFilipino who decides to work onAI to take selfies con i vari Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett JohanssonVin Diesel, The Rock, Brad Pitt e Angelina Joliein superhero version. Moving on to our home, the video of Francesco Ventura who photographs himself in Naples together with icons of the city of Partenope is impressive. All strictly disappeared: fromTotò to Maradona, from Troisi (not very similar, to be honest) to Mario Merola and Bud Spencer.

MARVELOUS!!!!!!!
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— CiroCala79 (@Cica7981) December 18, 2025

The educational value of deep fake

Testimony to a trend that seems to be very fashionable and which, beyond the astonishing effect it causes in those who come across these videos, paradoxically can have aimportant educational value. In an era where thedeep fakeis increasingly aggressive and used, especially for political purposes (production from Russia and China is enormous), learning to distinguish, as long as possible, between areal video and a ‘suspect’ it’s a way to fuel your owncritical spiritand avoid falling into the traps of falsifiers of the truth.

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— Future Stacked (@FutureStacked) December 17, 2025

Who knows what this uncontrolled proliferation ofvideos made with Artificial Intelligencedoes not ultimately represent a good for humanity and contributes to bringing the truth back into vogue.