#2 and #3 depend heavily on what “trivially” and “easily” mean, and #3 for the reasons that most people have this clearly false belief. #2 and #3 are the same states of the world, just with a slightly different mix of fools.
My main point is that the deepfakepocalypse is not itself the main or only cause of the lack of trust in video evidence. This has been going on for a long time, and there are plenty of people who deny the veracity of some pretty-well-documented true photos from decades ago.
#1 is purely impossible and irrelevant.
#2 and #3 depend heavily on what “trivially” and “easily” mean, and #3 for the reasons that most people have this clearly false belief. #2 and #3 are the same states of the world, just with a slightly different mix of fools.
My main point is that the deepfakepocalypse is not itself the main or only cause of the lack of trust in video evidence. This has been going on for a long time, and there are plenty of people who deny the veracity of some pretty-well-documented true photos from decades ago.