Longer title for this question: To what extent does misinformation/disinformation (or the rise of deepfakes) pose a problem? And to what extent is it tractable?
Are there good analyses of the scope of this problem? If not, does anyone want to do a shallow exploration?
Are there promising interventions (e.g.certificates of some kind) that could be effective (in the important sense)?
[Question] Is misinformation a serious problem, and is it tractable?
Longer title for this question: To what extent does misinformation/disinformation (or the rise of deepfakes) pose a problem? And to what extent is it tractable?
Are there good analyses of the scope of this problem? If not, does anyone want to do a shallow exploration?
Are there promising interventions (e.g.certificates of some kind) that could be effective (in the important sense)?
Context and possibly relevant links:
Deepfakes: A Grounded Threat Assessment—Center for Security and Emerging Technology (I’ve only skimmed the beginning of this paper — would really appreciate a partial summary or an epistemic spot check of some kind)
Misinformation (EA Forum Wiki)
The “misinformation problem” seems like misinformation
Deepfake video of Zelenskyy could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ in info war, experts warn
Nina Schick on disinformation and the rise of synthetic media − 80,000 Hours
Fake news in India—Wikipedia
The spread of misinformation: A pattern we see over and over | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
I’m posting this because I’m genuinely curious, and feel like I lack a lot of context on this. I haven’t done any relevant research myself.