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Photographic evidence has been subject to manipulation before computers were even a thing, more so after Photoshop became widely available. There has always been forensics for that, which will continue to evolve.

I think the issue with trust is rooted elsewhere - in social relations, politics, and not in AI generated content.






It has, but it used to take a lot more skill to manipulate a photo than to take a photo, and convincing video manipulation was even harder. I'm also skeptical that forensics will be able to keep up, because of the basic principle of antagonistic training -- any technique forensics can use can be applied back into improving the pipeline that generates the image, defeating the forensic tool. That certainly wasn't the case in the 20th century.

What remaining institutions still command any trust?

... Most of them?

Do you read the news at all? If you can't trust any of them, then why even bother?


Such as?

I'm confused. Do you not trust any mainstream media? Where do you get your news? World and local? Eyewitness accounts only?



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