How much longer will we have non-zero trust in what see on a computer screen?
Generative models are eroding trust in the digital world at an astonishing rate with each new model released. Soon, pictures and videos of events will no longer be accepted as evidence.
Insurance companies won’t accept pictures and videos of damage after accidents, and accounting departments will no longer accept pictures of receipts. This may be an easier problem to solve. We’ll likely develop more ways to authenticate digital files. More algorithms will verify authenticity, and companies may simply ask customers to use dedicated apps.
But the shift in public trust in digital files is less easily repairable and may even be permanent. We may be leaving behind pics or it didn’t happen for I only believe what I physically see.