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> And now thanks to this poor deepfake they are aware of deepfakes and are primed to question future videos, even if they seem real. They may also be primed to
by rapind 5y ago
> And now thanks to this poor deepfake they are aware of deepfakes and are primed to question future videos, even if they seem real.
They may also be primed to question real videos. Aka “flood the zone with shit”.
- curiousllama 5y ago"flood the zone" makes it difficult to assess new information, so people fall back on their priors. That would be counterproductive for Russia rn, because the narrative is against them.
- rapind 5y agoFair point. I'm not sure what would be productive for them at this point though. Years ago I read somewhere that the way Russia does cyberwarfare is less organized than most people suspect. I'm not sure if it's true, but the argument is that it's more of a lousy goosy free agent type deal. Some of these agents are very clever, but others not so much, so you have a range of competencies just trying stuff. That could be wrong, or they may have evolved a lot since, but amateurish deep fakes could be a fit. Some random kid just trying stuff and hoping for a pay day / bounty? Pure speculation though.