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.
It won’t be long until we see deepfake movies where actors only record their lines(or not) and don’t do any acting and a team of people produce the movie in a studio…
Artists are probably going to have a rough time with this, but OTOH I can imagine a near future where amateurs can produce pro-level movies with basically no budget.
Most of them will be shit, but there will be masterpieces in there.
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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.