Call it an unintended consequence of the digital age: as computer graphics technology becomes more and more powerful, it will become harder and harder to believe anything you see on the Internet. That is going to have powerful implications on politics. When a video goes viral purportedly showing a candidate doing something abhorrent, it’s going to be practically impossible to refute.
I present to you: Willem Dafoe and Gillian Anderson, starring in 1991’s Silence of the Lambs.*
I mean, Whiskey, tango, foxtrot, over. This website has been around for almost 20 years now. What will the deep fakes look like 20 years from now?
* I debated putting this here, but it’s actually a scene with Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
