Deep Fakes, Artificial Intelligence and the Shrinking Trust Horizon

Soon, we'll only trust what's right in front of us. Got gold?

Some astoundingly consequential things have just happened, and in coming years they’ll reshape — if not end — our connection to the virtual world. Two examples:

Deep Fakes

It is now apparently possible to create videos of people doing and saying things they haven’t actually done or said. Imagine a YouTube video of a politician uncharacteristically spouti…