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A deepfake video of my aunt made me stop sharing family posts
I saw a video online that showed my aunt saying crazy stuff. It looked just like her, but she never said those things. That was my first real brush with a deepfake. I used to share any fun clip from family events without a second thought. Now I always ask if it's real before hitting share. Last week, I caught a fake video before it spread in our family chat. It's scary how easy it is to make us doubt what we see.
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bennett.harper6mo ago
Just read that deepfake detection tools are struggling to keep up, which is scary.
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brookel716mo ago
Should we really be that worried?
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brianreed5mo ago
Yeah, that's the real worry, @bennett.harper. I saw a local politician try that "it's a deepfake" defense last year, and it worked for a while. The tools failing just makes that excuse stronger for everyone.
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emeryj666mo ago
It's becoming a weird social problem beyond just trust. I've seen people start to claim real videos of them are deepfakes to get out of trouble, using our new doubt as a shield. That blurring between real and fake excuses real bad behavior.
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