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Re:Deepfakes: MIT brings Nixon's Apollo disaster speech to life by ignoramous on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:06AM (#21606815)
> people already believe things that aren't real

That's the problem: These people can now parade proof when there isn't any, perhaps even rally to garner majority and dilute out actual facts.

> (and don't believe things that are real)

For instance, refusing to acknowledge deep-fakes despite being labeled as such...?

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Re:Deepfakes: MIT brings Nixon's Apollo disaster speech to life by minikites on Friday November 22, 2019 @11:15AM (#21606901)
The point I was going for is that "proof" already doesn't work on lots of people, that's the real issue. Information literacy is an important skill that much of the populace lacks.
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