The world’s leading deepfake expert no longer trusts his own eyes.

Digital forensic is what internet sleuth Hany Farid does.

He had helped invent algorithmic tools to verify a person’s mannerisms, vocal inflections and blood flow. When a real person spoke, the eyes dilated and the heart pumped blood in and out of the face. Farid could sometimes measure subtle differences in skin color to see a person’s heart beating in real time, whereas an A.I. avatar was flatlined.

“We’re pretty screwed (by AI),” he said.

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