> wouldn't this lead to people being more mindful of what they watch and interact with?
No. We have already run the case study where people on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media will seethe at mere screenshots of headlines and captions under a picture with zero need for verification.
Here on HN we will pile into the comments to react to the title without even clicking the link to read it ourselves.
Deepfakes feel like a drop in the bucket. What does it matter that you can deepfake a president when people will simply believe a claim about the president than spreads around social media? I don’t see it.
No. We have already run the case study where people on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media will seethe at mere screenshots of headlines and captions under a picture with zero need for verification.
Here on HN we will pile into the comments to react to the title without even clicking the link to read it ourselves.
Deepfakes feel like a drop in the bucket. What does it matter that you can deepfake a president when people will simply believe a claim about the president than spreads around social media? I don’t see it.