As society is rapidly reaching the point where nobody knows what is real or fake anymore – thanks to the advanced AI technology – we should take a lesson from South Korea.
Huh?
In Case You Missed it…South Korea is pushing mandatory watermarking for AI-generated content.
It makes perfect sense when you realize how even governments are beginning to see how this technology is moving faster than society can handle.
Cue Up: Fake everything…
You already cannot trust half the videos or web accounts circulating online.
As a result, deceptive marketing practices are abundant.
But there are more sinister issueshere.
Audio recordings can be cloned
Fake war footage spreads instantly
And entire news stories generate within seconds complete with fake witnesses, fake experts, fake photographs, and emotional manipulation engineered specifically to provoke outrage and panic.
Sounding like 1984 here?
Or maybe 1968?
Back Then We Called it “Science Fiction”
This is no longer simple misinformation.
It has become industrialized deception operating at a scale never before possible in human history.
And the speed of this transformation is what should terrify people most.
South Korea is at least acknowledging the danger openly by requiring AI systems to identify generated material through embedded watermarks and disclosures.
Otherwise, how do you know what is real or fake?
Real or Fake
Adding gasoline to this soon to be towering inferno, AI is rapidly consuming more energy than the utility industry can provide or handle.
And we haven’t even scratched the surface of the future needs.
And, as a side note, has anyone besides us notice how the subject of “Climate Change” (which many governments and the Pope labeled the greatest threat to humanity) has almost disappeared?
This proves what we have been pounding the table about for the last decade.
(* Note the above article was written BEFORE Covid)
Unfortunately, and eventually, the internet may become so saturated with synthetic content that genuine human material becomes nearly impossible to separate from machine-generated output.
And once trust collapses entirely, societies begin fragmenting because truth itself no longer functions as a stable foundation.
That is why watermarking matters.
AI is not going away and will only grow bigger from here.
So, the question remains how can you determine what is Fake or Real?
Learn more in our upcoming June Newsletter (HERE) about how to prosper AND thrive without buying risky AI stocks that are here today but possibly gone tomorrow.
Share this with a friend…especially if they are the kind that believes whatever they see on TV or the Internet. They’ll thank YOU later.
And tell them:
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“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
