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I understand the sentiment behind the post, but what exactly is the author proposing? The tech is out there, most people seem aware such a thing exists and yet she wants us all to be angry at something...?

> millions of women who will reconsider whether they want to be in a public facing role at all — is an existential problem for representative democracy.

Wow, really? Seems like needless fear mongering to me

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Of course the technology is out there so basically anyone with the right skills, computeing power and time can create any deepfake of anyone else. And I think that's perfectly fine, unless you live in a police state. The problem starts when they start to distribute it.

Apart from it... Fake porn has been around like, forever. Heads of celebrities badly pasted into pornstars bodies etc. It seems like the celebs hardly cared anyway. Most deepfake porn is similar and gives you uncanny valey vibe, you basically know it's not the real thing.

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