486: Nina Schick | Deepfakes and the Coming Infocalypse

Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) specializes in how technology is transforming geopolitics and society in the 21st century. She is the author of Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse.

What We Discuss with Nina Schick:

• What deepfakes are and how they're created using technology that is getting exponentially more sophisticated every year and accessible to anyone.
• How deepfakes go beyond novelty and into dangerous territory occupied by blackmailers, propagandists, terrorists, conspiracy theorists, and other unsavory ne'er-do-wells who profit by making the rest of us doubt what we can trust as reality.
• Why deepfakes are so much more concerning than reality-bending manipulations of the past.
• The potential positive uses of AI-assisted deepfake technology that will change our world as dramatically as the advent of the Internet.
• How we can discern between real photo, video, or audio footage and imposter deepfakes to avoid being duped by 21st-century technoshysters.
• And much more...

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