We've had fake photographs for decades and it hasn't seemed to make a big difference in politics. But I think that's because in the past you had gatekeepers, li

We've had fake photographs for decades and it hasn't seemed to make a big difference in politics. But I think that's because in the past you had gatekeepers, like the editors and factcheckers of "respectable" publications, who would ascertain the legitimacy of a picture before using it. They'd make mistakes sometimes, but got it right 99% of the time. Now news spreads horizontally through social media and group chats. It's common to see, say, a clip purportedly of police brutality right now in country X, which is actually 7 years old and from country Y. Someone will correct it, someone will dispute the correction, whatever - the damage is done. So I don't think deepfakes will move the needle much. The real damage is the end of gatekeeping, and that's already happened.