Yet some critics are horrified by this celebratory moment on a top-rated television show. Video deepfakes, they say, blur a line between fiction and reality that’s barely clear now. If disinformation-peddlers can have so much success with words and doctored images, imagine what they can do with a full video.
“We’re quickly entering a world where everything, even videos, can be manipulated by pretty much anyone who wants to,” said Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and an expert on deepfakes. “What can go wrong?”
