New software brings historic Black heroes back to life... and I don't know how I feel about it.

The "My Heritage" app does something that is equal parts fascinating and horrifying. When you upload still images, it creates stunningly realistic videos out of them.

A screenshot from La Marr Jurelle Bruce of a My Heritage video he made of Frederick Douglass

Yesterday I was on Twitter when I saw several videos that can best be described as “deep fakes” of some of the most important icons of Black history. If you aren’t familiar with the term, deep fakes, it’s where new technology is used to make life-like images or v…