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UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with Yanis Varoufakis to discuss the dangers of deepfakes.
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UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers speaks with Yanis Varoufakis about the unsettling rise of AI-generated deepfakes, using Varoufakis’s own experience as one of the most synthesised figures on YouTube as a chilling case study. The conversation delves into the “techno-feudal” power structures of Big Tech, where algorithms prioritise engagement and “rent-seeking” over truth, allowing misinformation to spread rapidly while the victims struggle to reclaim their own digital identities.
Moving beyond the personal, they explore an imminent future in which audiovisual evidence can no longer be trusted, debating whether this will lead to a new era where arguments are judged solely on their merits, or a return to a medieval-like state where high-quality information becomes a luxury for the elite while the masses are left to navigate a sea of fabricated content.
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//TIMECODE//
00:00 – 00:31 – Intro
00:31 – 05:00 – What is ‘Real’ Online? Deepfakes, Yanis, and Viral Videos
05:26 – 07:40 – Sponsor
07:40 – 10:24 – Realising It Wasn’t Me
10:24 – 11:55 – Intentions Behind the Fakes: From Defamation to ‘Fan’ Channels
11:55 – 15:19 – Removing Deepfakes is a “Loosing Game”
15:19 – 17:41 – Losing Trust: Can We Believe Anything Online?
17:41 – 19:18 – AI and Information Chaos
19:18 – 20:59 – Who Controls our Audio-Visual Identities?
20:59 – 22:28 – Democracy or Oligarchy? The Illusion of Choice
22:28 – 25:00 – Fighting Techno-Feudalism
25:00 – 25:47 – Who Owns the Algorithms?
25:47 – 27:04 – Looking Ahead: Reclaiming Digital Identity & Commons
27:04 – 27:56 – Outro
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