Why modern technology leaves us with little choice but to revive critical thinking
Deepfakes are keeping people from all walks of life up at night – just one photo can place anyone in a compromising situation. How can we judge reality in a post-deepfake world, when what we see is no longer what we get?
Rooted in the porn industry, deepfakes – computer-generated video forgeries – are pouring into the mainstream. There are 14,678 deepfake videos online, according to a report published last month by DeepTrace, which monitors “synthetic media” cyber-threats. While just four percent of those videos are not porn, that percentage is bound to increase as the tools for manufacturing deepfakes become more widely available and the rewards for making them increase.
