Deepfakes didn’t disrupt the election, but they’re changing our relationship with reality

Source: The Hill
by Perry Carpenter

“At the start of this year, experts warned of chaos in the 2024 U.S. election, fueled by artificial intelligence and deepfakes that could sway public opinion and muddy the truth. According to a recent Pew poll, over half of Americans were deeply concerned about AI’s potential to disrupt voting and spread disinformation. Yet as Election Day came and went, fears of AI upending the democratic process turned out to be overblown. … The deeper reality, however, is not that deepfakes failed to fool voters; it’s that these technologies have redefined how we perceive truth.” (11/06/24)

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4973250-deepfakes-truth-disinformation-election/