Deepfaked Shit is Getting Real
We recorded 5 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 3 can’t be checked. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (5)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Rhetoric
“Black Mirror has arrived, ahead of schedule.”
Our reading: Dystopian, Black Mirror-style AI harms such as deepfake fraud have already arrived, sooner than expected.
No horizon
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“An entire cast of deepfaked people include a deep faked CFO scammed a company out $25 million.”
Our reading: Deepfaked participants, including a deepfaked CFO, on a video call scammed a company out of $25 million.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Support depends on reading $25 million as approximate, not exact.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“Even scarier is that the employee who was tricked was suspicious, not naive, and still fell for it:”
Our reading: The deepfake scam worked even on an employee who was suspicious rather than naive.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The account of suspicion comes through police reporting, rather than a direct employee interview.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Observation
“Now it’s AI developers who are expecting to do what they do scot-free, while society picks up the tab.”
Our reading: AI developers expect to operate without paying for the harms they cause, leaving society to bear the costs, much as polluting factories once did.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“That needs to change.”
Our reading: The situation in which AI developers do what they do scot-free while society picks up the tab for the consequences needs to change.
No horizon