Thoughts on “Is this Video Deepfake?”

I personally believe that this video by the Atlantic shows us how problematic deep fakes can be, but I don’t think that it is as catastrophic as they insinuated throughout the video. I feel that “we” as a society are aware of deep fakes and the technology behind it, so it isn’t completely convincing to us since we can pin point somethings that are very OFF. I.E. glossy, blurry or reflective face, face is not alligned correctly to body, audio is not synced, etc. I only see it becoming an issue if videos like a president saying something completely deranged or threatening circulating to a country that is not familiar with the technology and accepts it at face value. If we educate people about this technology then it won’t be as problematic as this video is indicating.