As parties produce AI videos and virtual candidates make headlines, deepfakes blur the line between truth and fiction.
Quotes by Chen Bareket
Selected excerpts from the interview.
We are entering a world where it is already impossible to tell truth from lies. It's no longer just 'fake news' that can be debunked; it's a flood of synthetic reality designed to look more credible than reality itself. The political meaning is a total loss of common ground. And when we can't agree on what really happened, you can't run a democracy or maintain a social contract.
I'll say it clearly: without upgrading our human 'operating system' — meaning built-in analysis and skepticism — we will lose the ability to hold a real political discourse. The machine knows how to produce perfect fake empathy; our job is to keep our brain alert enough to detect the forgery.
The challenge is larger than identifying a single fake clip; it is about preserving trust and a shared reality. Responsible AI therefore requires literacy, transparency and human judgment alongside technological tools.