I just watched a clip supposedly generated by Google’s Veo, and I honestly couldn’t tell it was fake until a friend mentioned it. With OpenAI’s Sora and others pushing the limits, it’s going to get even harder to know what’s real. How do we as hackers and builders help society deal with this?
We have all grown up with fake images and videos, in movies and on TV, and then on social media. “AI” generated video makes the tools cheap and available, but doesn’t represent a novel way to deceive. I expect more of it. The fake images will push the good ones out, we will suspect everything as “fake news.” People who commit fraud and benefit from lying will take advantage.
<p><pre><code> > The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood.
> Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.
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The above quote has been true for the whole internet, ab ovo. But people are starting to realize this only now.
> What’s the best way forward before trust in video hits rock bottom?<p>Isn't trust in video already at rock bottom? Since when could you show people a video apropos of nothing and convince them what they saw was real?