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Nina Schick is a political commentator, author, and expert on technology and geopolitics. She has advised global leaders on issues related to disinformation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.

Known for: Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse

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Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse

Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse

digital_culture·10 min read

Deepfakes: The Coming Infocalypse examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the creation and spread of information through synthetic media. Nina Schick explores the rise of deepfakes—realistic fake videos and images—and their potential to disrupt truth, democracy, and society. The book provides insight into how individuals, governments, and institutions can respond to this emerging threat to information integrity.

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The Birth of Synthetic Media: How Artificial Intelligence Learned to Lie

The story of deepfakes begins with artificial intelligence itself. Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, made it possible for machines to learn not only to recognize patterns but to create them. Imagine two AIs playing a cat-and-mouse game—the first generates an image, the second judges it. Over...

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The Historical Roots: From Photoshop to Deep Learning

To truly grasp why deepfakes mark such a critical turning point, we must remember that manipulation has always accompanied media. Every tool humans have used to capture reality—painting, photography, film—has also enabled deception. Propaganda and doctored photos long preceded AI. Stalin’s regime fa...

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About Nina Schick

Nina Schick is a political commentator, author, and expert on technology and geopolitics. She has advised global leaders on issues related to disinformation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Schick is recognized for her work on the intersection of technology and democracy, particu...

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Nina Schick is a political commentator, author, and expert on technology and geopolitics. She has advised global leaders on issues related to disinformation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Schick is recognized for her work on the intersection of technology and democracy, particularly in the context of synthetic media and deepfakes.

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Nina Schick is a political commentator, author, and expert on technology and geopolitics. She has advised global leaders on issues related to disinformation, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.

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