Posted 1/18/2024, 3:02:48 PM
AI Advances Enable Flood of Hyperrealistic Fakes, Testing Trust in Online Content
- AI can now generate highly realistic fake images, video, and audio that are getting harder to detect
- Open-source AI models allow anyone to create convincing fakes, enabling new forms of fraud and abuse
- As AI-generated fakes improve, content itself will no longer verify truth - source and reputation will become more important
- Over time, only the funny or harmless AI fakes may thrive; dystopian outcomes are possible but can be adapted to
- Historical norms of reputation and provenance as indicators of trust will reemerge as AI undermines reliability of content