The word "deepfake" is dying: now people just call it a "video"
georgemillo · x · 2026-10-04
A short but pointed observation: "deepfake" appears to have been a short-lived word — hardly anyone uses it anymore, because AI-generated video has become so common that people just call it a "video". It captures how synthetic media has shifted from a flagged anomaly to the default reality.
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