Writers have been able to write nonsense for a long time... and photo manipulation we've gotten quite used to. All we do is add video to the category of things that might be lies, and so need independent verification.
Skepticism is good and healthy, and verification in the age of Google isn't that hard.
You can trust that if the NY Times or CBS publishes a video, they verified its authenticity, or else will be publishing a big retraction within a few days that will also make the news because it's so rare.
Whether your uncle sends you a random photo or a video of a politician that seems too exaggerated or weird or unbelievable... you assume it might be manipulated... as you already do now. Making Nancy Pelosi seem drunk didn't take a deepfake, just slowing it down.
It's not any kind of big change. Just applying the same skepticism we already automatically apply to so many other things.
> You can trust that if the NY Times or CBS publishes a video, they verified its authenticity, or else will be publishing a big retraction within a few days that will also make the news because it's so rare.
This may be, or become false, due to political motivation to seriously damage the "other side of the aisle".
In fact, often times you don’t even need to lie to skew the “truth”. Cherry picking facts or even just highlighting certain facts over others, plus an optional bit of extrapolation or subtle misinterpretation, is often enough to fit whatever narrative you want to push.
> and verification in the age of Google isn't that hard.
It’s hard because publications often parrot each other. You walk away confident of your “verified” truth due to echo chamber effect, which might be worse than not verifying at all.
> You can trust that if the NY Times or CBS publishes a video...
I can’t. Again, you don’t need to make factual mistakes to push an agenda.
Writers have been able to write nonsense for a long time... and photo manipulation we've gotten quite used to. All we do is add video to the category of things that might be lies, and so need independent verification.
Skepticism is good and healthy, and verification in the age of Google isn't that hard.
You can trust that if the NY Times or CBS publishes a video, they verified its authenticity, or else will be publishing a big retraction within a few days that will also make the news because it's so rare.
Whether your uncle sends you a random photo or a video of a politician that seems too exaggerated or weird or unbelievable... you assume it might be manipulated... as you already do now. Making Nancy Pelosi seem drunk didn't take a deepfake, just slowing it down.
It's not any kind of big change. Just applying the same skepticism we already automatically apply to so many other things.