Fake Costs Are Collapsing: Authenticity Now Needs Verification, Not Recognition
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-10-09
The author argues that AI is collapsing the cost of producing convincing fakes, while the cost of proving something is real isn't falling.
- For most of the internet's history, seeing something was often enough to believe it
- Camera makers are already building systems that cryptographically sign images at capture for later verification
- Conclusion: we're entering an era where authenticity increasingly needs to be verified rather than recognized
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