>Disinformation does affect people greatly but those it affects were already receptive to its message and looking for more. My point is that its effects are mo

>Disinformation does affect people greatly but those it affects were already receptive to its message and looking for more. My point is that its effects are more pronounced, more reliable, and significantly harder to correct in the presence deepfake style media. People who are trying harder to make honest evaluations of the world will be making more committed arguments for dishonest points if they fail to identify the inauthenticity of a deepfake message, a problem which is purposefully more likely due to the inherent design of a deepfake message. We don't need to talk about people who are intending to be manipulated, we need to talk about the people who are not intending to be manipulated who will nevertheless be disarmed by new technology.