• tisktisk
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    5 months ago

    Stupid question. I don’t doubt the record is authentic, but how do we talk about ‘recordings’ in the age of rampant deepfake ai? There’s no trustworthy method of validating these claims, right?

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      5 months ago

      it may not be a stupid question, but it does seem like a disingenuous question (though you probably don’t mean to do that on purpose, others would).

      Just because deepfake technology exists doesn’t mean that that all video and audio recordings are immediately untrustworthy. It does, however, mean that anyone trying to defend reprehensible behaviour will have an easy method of defense.

      This technology WILL be used during the current U.S. election cycle, and the upcoming Canadian election cycle, and probably every other election cycle after that. Just remember that Roger Stone said “flood the zone with shit”. Know your shit from your shinola.

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        5 months ago

        How does such a plain question appear insincere? Especially when no one even addresses my second question? lmao

        Just because deepfake technology exists doesn’t mean that that all video and audio recordings are immediately untrustworthy.

        Are you sure? I only ask because you didn’t really provide any kind of logic to justify this claim. If we can artificially generate anything we can imagine, how are we to distinguish what recordings are authentic vs artificially generated? I don’t see a clear or easy solution to the dilemma, but am hoping others can shine light on the issue.