Uma Roy(@pumatheuma):AI makes every fake: the latest generation of AI models have crossed the rubicon. You cannot trust what you see online. Every day, people are fooled by fake content; from the mundane (is the Pope wearing Balenciaga?!) to the consequential (did Iranian missiles actually strike Tel Aviv)? Cryptography makes it real again: cryptography offers us a way out. By combining cryptographic hardware and software, we can prove authenticity of content--images, video, audio--at the source. This will become the canonical way to prove what's real. Huge respect to @balajis, who is always ahead of his time and has been discussing these ideas for many years. It was a pleasure to riff with him on the Network State pod!

2026.04.23 17:09

AI makes every fake: the latest generation of AI models have crossed the rubicon. You cannot trust what you see online. Every day, people are fooled by fake content; from the mundane (is the Pope wearing Balenciaga?!) to the consequential (did Iranian missiles actually strike Tel Aviv)? Cryptography makes it real again: cryptography offers us a way out. By combining cryptographic hardware and software, we can prove authenticity of content--images, video, audio--at the source. This will become the canonical way to prove what's real. Huge respect to @balajis, who is always ahead of his time and has been discussing these ideas for many years. It was a pleasure to riff with him on the Network State pod!