It means that I could produce a photo proving that you robbed a bank, even though you were not really even in that town at that time. So unless you have an airtight alibi…
And just think about child custody disputes! Do you think that neither side would stoop to that level? If you do, you don’t know Jack Crap about custody disputes!
How about “photos” of a politician doing something bad? Maybe 3 days before the election…
In short, this is the end of photographic and video evidence. And you need to be prepared to see yourself “doing” things that you actually never did. And the porn industry is very happy! Want to see a young Liz Taylor naked? Easily done…
I think that now trust has to be based almost entirely on actual real interactive familiarity with a person. You might indeed see “dastardly Dan” do something horrible, but you will have no way of knowing that it is actually true.
Bringing a dead Princess Lea back for the latest installment of “Star Wars” is just the tip of the iceberg…
How about we get a much younger Indiana Jones in the next picture? Harrison Ford doesn’t even need to set down his glass of Miralax™!