My take on who's really causing the deepfake trouble

We share stuff without checking, and deepfakes show how little we care about what's real.

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Used to blame the tech or the makers most of all. Then I saw a clip of a politician saying something wild, and my first thought was to send it to my group chat. I stopped myself and spent two minutes searching, found it was fake. Made me realize the problem is my own lazy clicking finger, and I bet that's true for a lot of us. Your post nails it, that our rush to share is the real fuel for this stuff. We have to be the ones who slow down and check, even when it's boring.

ross.tara3mo ago

Right? Why is that send button so dang tempting? We all need a two-second pause button built into our thumbs.

davidkim3mo agoMost Upvoted

Last week I almost texted my brother-in-law a clip of a celebrity endorsing some nutty diet. My finger was literally over the send button. Did a quick search and found out it was a deepfake from three years ago. Felt like a proper fool. My gut reaction is always to spread the news, not check if it's actually news.

the_sam3mo ago

Lazy clicking finger" is a bit much. Most people just see something wild and hit share, it's normal. Ross.tara has a point about a pause button, but come on, it's not that deep. We're talking about fake clips of celebrities, not bank fraud. The real damage happens when big news outlets run with it, not when my aunt shares a weird video in the family chat.