Disinformation & synthetic media on the rise | Nina Schick (2021)
Originally released April 2021. Nina Schick — author of Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse — thinks that by the end of the decade YouTubers will be able to produce the kind of content that’s currently only accessible to Hollywood studios.
Nina thinks the problem of misinformation and disinformation might be roughly as important as climate change, because as she says: “Everything exists within this information ecosystem; it encompasses everything.”
She also points out that the direct impact of fake videos is just one side of the issue. In a world where all media can be faked, everything can be denied. What happens if in every criminal trial, a suspect caught on camera can just look at the jury and say “that video is fake”?
And, as we try to inoculate people against being tricked by synthetic media, we risk corroding their trust in all authentic media too. Nina asks: If you can't agree on any set of objective facts or norms on which to start your debate, how on earth do you even run a society?
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Image credit: Sassy Justice, a web series from the creators of South Park that uses deepfake technology — in this case, to have Donald Trump read a story about a very special reindeer who holds an election in the forest to prove he is the best reindeer: • SASSY JUSTICE - Official White House ...
Chapters:
• Rob’s intro (00:00:00)
• The interview begins (00:01:28)
• Deepfakes (00:05:49)
• The influence of synthetic media today (00:17:20)
• The history of misinformation and disinformation (00:28:13)
• Text vs. video (00:34:05)
• Privacy (00:40:17)
• Deepfake pornography (00:49:05)
• Russia and other bad actors (00:58:38)
• 2016 vs. 2020 US elections (01:13:44)
• Authoritarian regimes vs. liberal democracies (01:24:08)
• Law reforms (01:31:52)
• Positive uses (01:37:04)
• Technical solutions (01:40:56)
• Careers (01:52:30)
• Rob’s outro (01:58:27)
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