Meh, we've been in this predicament since we could communicate. The kind of falsehoods that we already spread are already a problem. Simple HN comments go just as mentally viral yet it wasn't until the recent "fake news" meme and deepfakes did people begin acknowledging the broader problem.
Deepfakes are just another prong on the same trident. I don't see how they are any worse than the screenshots of bullshit headlines that already go viral on Reddit/Twitter.
Hell, just think of all the suffering that's been caused by people believing in some random stuff written by other humans in an old religious book without questioning it. And people think it's deepfakes that might be civ-ending?
> Hell, just think of all the suffering that's been caused by people believing in some random stuff written by other humans in an old religious book without questioning it. And people think it's deepfakes that might be civ-ending?
But that suffering was civ-ending for some civilizations. I don't really care if some civilizations thereafter survive and go on to forget about this impending crisis. I care that MY civilization survives.
I also don't care to survive in a civilization if it is ruled by suffering.
Deepfakes are just another prong on the same trident. I don't see how they are any worse than the screenshots of bullshit headlines that already go viral on Reddit/Twitter.
Hell, just think of all the suffering that's been caused by people believing in some random stuff written by other humans in an old religious book without questioning it. And people think it's deepfakes that might be civ-ending?