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Since the startling emergence of deepfake technology in 2017, society has faced the alarming prospect of increasingly sophisticated manipulations that can deceive even the most discerning observers. We are no longer merely contending with edited photographs or misleading headlines; we encounter AI-generated text and synthetic media with an eerie accuracy. Such advancements have given rise to deep doubt, leading to astonishing, often dangerous, misconceptions in society.
Examples abound: conspiracy theories suggesting that President Biden has been replaced by an AI clone or that Vice President Kamala Harris inflates crowd sizes through AI manipulation reveal the extent of the psychological toll this new age imposes on public perception and discourse.