Opinion: Deepfakes Haven’t Destroyed Democracy—Yet
In January the World Economic Forum declared AI-driven misinformation one of the biggest short-term threats to the global economy. However, six months later, in the wake of Taiwanese, Indian, British, and French elections, the death of democracy and truth is starting to seem greatly exaggerated.
While there were some incidents involving AI, they didn’t overwhelm societies’ ability to debunk them and none of them constituted significant political disruption—even as they have become easier to make by orders of magnitude.
Experts and media outlets, once warning of electoral chaos, are now coming to terms with this awkward anti-climax.