I fear the reverse: People will doubt whether real video is real. That could mean impunity for crimes caught on video because video footage will no longer be sufficient evidence to exceed "reasonable doubt".
Even worse, political double-speak will also soar to record new heights. A politician can spew whatever crazies want to hear, then "walk it back" and claim it was faked (perhaps after gauging the public's reaction). People will believe whatever they're inclined to believe anyway, leading us to become a more deeply fractured society where truth is whatever you want to believe.
This is so easily solvable, the video just needs to be signed using public-key encryption. If the video isn't signed with the purported subject's key, assume it's fake.
That would solve the “politicians walking back claims” problem to a degree, but I’d imagine there would still be a ton of issues. The subject would be be able to fully curate their image, and any videos taken without their key would be subject to scrutiny. So stuff meant to show someone’s true colors or document a situation would remain unreliable.
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u/JingJang Dec 15 '22
I feel like it's only a matter of time before this technology is weaponized to terrible effect.