Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is International Political Technology Advisor Nina Schick’s stark warning about a future we all need to understand before it’s too late.
New advances in AI technology have given birth to Deep Fakes, an evolving form of artificial intelligence that’s adept at making you believe certain media is real, when in fact it’s a compilation of doctored images and audio designed to fool you. A surge in what’s known as “fake news” shows how Deep Fake videos can trick audiences into believing made-up stories. It will soon be impossible to tell what is real and what is fake.
Deep Fakes can be misused to shift public opinion, swing Presidential elections, or blackmail, coerce, and silence individuals. And when combined with the destabilizing overload of disinformation that has been dubbed ‘the Infocalypse’, we are potentially facing a danger of world-changing proportions.
Nina makes use of her expertise from working in the field to reveal shocking examples of Deep Fakery and explains the dangerous political consequences of the Infocalypse, both in terms of national security and what it means for public trust in politics. She also unveils what it means for us as individuals, how Deep Fakes will be used to intimidate and to silence, for revenge and fraud, and how unprepared governments and tech companies are.
About the author
Nina Schick is a political commentator, advisor and public speaker, specializing in how technology is reshaping politics in the 21st century. Most recently, her work has seen her advising on the fallout generated from Russian election interference in the US (and around the world) since 2016. Nina is due to release her book, Deep fakes and the Infocalypse: What You Urgently Need to Know on August 6, 2020
The book reveals shocking examples of deepfakery and explains the dangerous political consequences of the infocalypse, both in terms of national security and what it means for public trust in politics.
Nina has also advised global leaders including Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden and Anders Fogh Rasmussen (the former Secretary-General of NATO).
Half-German and half-Nepalese, she speaks seven languages including German, Spanish and French, and holds degrees from Cambridge University and University College London. Nina divides her time between London, Berlin and Kathmandu.
