The Jordan Harbinger Show 486: Nina Schick | Deepfakes and the Coming Infocalypse
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Mar 25, 2021 Nina Schick, an expert on the geopolitical impact of technology and author of "Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse," delves into the world of deepfakes. She explains how this AI-driven technology creates dangerously realistic media that can undermine trust and spread misinformation. The discussion highlights the ethical dilemmas of deepfakes, the arms race between creation and detection methods, and potential positive uses of AI. Nina emphasizes the urgent need for improved media literacy to navigate these challenges in the digital age.
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Deepfakes Defined
- Deepfakes are AI-generated synthetic media, like videos or audio, that look real.
- They're created using training data, increasingly requiring less data to create convincing fakes.
Double-Edged Sword
- Deepfakes aren't just malicious; they're a paradigm shift in communication, as significant as the internet.
- They will transform industries like entertainment, but also become powerful disinformation tools.
Threat to Democracy
- Deepfakes erode objective reality, threatening democracies reliant on shared facts.
- Authoritarian regimes can exploit deepfakes to control narratives, investing heavily in AI and synthetic media.
