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Imagine an enemy nation-state of [insert your country] decides to create a "recording" of a political candidate admitting to pedophilia.

Yes, those of us in tech would be skeptical. But 99.9% of people don't read technology or political news and don't know this is possible. They haven't been inoculated against it.

What would happen? You can't make that stigma go away.

One of Trump's only drops in polling during his first presidential campaign was due to an audio recording. In his 2023 campaign, any recording that comes out could easily be AI-generated.

If that doesn't terrify you, I don't think you've been paying enough attention to the tactics of modern authoritarian regimes.