DoXXL: Deepfake Technology and the Age of Doubt

After the screening of Another Body
With: Tomislav Fiket, Iva Ušćumlić, Tomislav Vuk
Host: Dina Pokrajac

We live in the age of very low trust: we believe less and less in what we see and hear. In our mediatized reality, we witness an increasing presence of various free tools, based on artificial intelligence, that can help us create a fake video, audio or photo in just a few minutes. The so-called deepfake technology can be used to create entertaining and useful content. But, it is often misused for various purposes: making money, manipulating election results and causing political unrest, humiliating people, or influencing the opinion of others with the help of misinformation. Using deepfake technology, dangerous fake events, statements and photos are created, as well as revenge pornography, which can destroy someone’s reputation and even life. This has dangerous long-term consequences and numerous ethical dilemmas that we will discuss in this panel.