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I agree with this sentiment. However, there's another threat from deepfakes that someone had to point out to me: generating false memories. Imagine you're a VI

I agree with this sentiment. However, there's another threat from deepfakes that someone had to point out to me: generating false memories. Imagine you're a VIP and someone shows you footage of yourself doing something unacceptable from 30 years ago. There's a good chance that you might believe that footage and accept that as a true memory, even though it is entirely fake.

danShumway 7y ago
Would that scenario be significantly harder to pull off today with a faked audio file or photograph? I'm not necessarily being theoretical about that. Growing up, I used to Photoshop family Christmas photos when not all of us could get together at the same time. Near the end of their lives, I vaguely remember it causing my grandparents to occasionally get confused about who was or wasn't actually at a gathering. And it's not like I did a particularly great job of it -- they just didn't have experience with what the technology was capable of. I guess what I'm trying to say is, yes, it seems obvious that there will be a generation of people who are not equipped to deal with the current state of image/audio/video manipulation, but is that actually a new thing? Hasn't that kind of always been the case?