Regina Rini discusses how deepfakes are often threaten what we call the “epistemic backstop,” or the trust that people put in visual systems – whether that be videos or images – when deciding what is real and what is not. For Rini, deepfakes threaten this system. Deepfakes can easily fabricate false information (or, false evidence) causing people to lose their blind faith in visual or audio proof. Deepfakes essentially erode the public’s trust, and Rini argues that they undermine the public trust in truth.
Deepfakes and the Epistemic Backstop Overview
