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Let’s consider two individuals A and B. A is a mentally healthy person living a fulfilling life. Will watching a disturbing deepfake affect A severely enough t
by MrBlueIncognito 4y ago
Let’s consider two individuals A and B.
A is a mentally healthy person living a fulfilling life. Will watching a disturbing deepfake affect A severely enough to cause them to commit suicide? No.
B leads a life of extreme isolation and faces troubling financial difficulties. They come across a deepfake that pushes them over the edge at the wrong time and they give up on their life. Is the deepfake to blame? Or were there more important factors that we could’ve focused on to save B and potentially thousands of others.
And since we’re discussing the unintended consequences of deepfakes, let’s not forget that a carefully crafted one can even save lives hypothetically.
- DitheringIdiot 4y agoI think it’s a lot easier to create a harmful deepfake than a helpful one. It’s easier to create harmful lies than helpful truths. Imagine - you could convince a parent that their child has died. Show them photographic evidence. I don’t know how close to the edge they’d need to be.
- ozmodiar 4y agoWhen I read the parent comment I was thinking a deepfake designed to cause extreme reputational damage (cheating on spouse, etc.) in which case even person A would be at risk of having their social circle destroyed.