{"product_id":"9781913183523-deep-fakes-and-the-infocalypse","title":"Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat You Urgently Need To Know\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverything you need to know about \"deepfakes\" and what could become the biggest information and communications meltdown in world history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nina Schick is alerting us to a danger from the future that is already here.\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Adam Boulton, Editor at Large, Sky News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Fakes and the Infocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, thoughtful and thoroughly-researched book that raises uncomfortable questions about the way that information is being distorted by states and individuals. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Greg Williams, Editor in Chief of \u003ci\u003eWIRED UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Essential reading for any one interested about the shocking way information is and will be manipulated.\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Lord Edward Vaizey\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Schick's Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is a short, sharp book that hits you like a punch in the stomach.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - Nick Cohen, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDeep Fakes\u003c\/i\u003e is an uncomfortable but gripping read, probing the way in which the internet has been flooded with disinformation and dark arts propaganda.\" - \u003c\/b\u003eJim Pickard, Chief Political Correspondent, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A searing insight into a world so many of us find difficult to understand. I was gripped from the first page.\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Iain Dale, Broadcaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With this powerful book, Nina Schick has done us all a great public service.It's your civic duty to read it.\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Jamie Susskind, author of \u003ci\u003eFuture Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping, alarming and morally vital.\" - \u003c\/b\u003eIan Dunt, Host of Remainiacs Podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeep Fakes are coming, and we are not ready.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdvanced AI technology is now able to create video of people doing things they never did, in places they have never been, saying things they never said.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the hands of rogue states, terrorists, criminals or crazed individuals, they represent a disturbing new threat to democracy and personal liberty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep Fakes can be misused to shift public opinion, swing Presidential elections, or blackmail, coerce, and silence individuals. And when combined with the destabilising overload of disinformation that has been dubbed 'the Infocalypse', we are potentially facing a danger of world-changing proportions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep Fakes and the Infocalypse \u003c\/i\u003eis International Political Technology Advisor Nina Schick's stark warning about a future we all need to understand before it's too late. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep Fake technology at its most insidious can currently be seen in the BBC drama series \u003ci\u003eThe Capture. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41063423705185,"sku":"9781913183523","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28039687.jpg?v=1722263513","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781913183523-deep-fakes-and-the-infocalypse","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}