In the thumbnail is the Tiananmen Square Tank Man.
Are you claiming a globally televised event which lead to a complete breakdown of trade relations across the world in the 90s, didn’t happen?
No, they’re saying it would be really easy now to create a fake image that would have in the past had that level of impact.
I don’t see how that would make a difference from pre-AI? It’s just bad actors doing their best to upset the world. They will make use of all and every tool they can to help them reach their goals, no matter the consequences. That has been true since the dawn of humanity and will be true until it’s fall next week.
They murdered thousands of people in cities across China. Footage and imagery are very easily accessible all over the internet, and you’re also arguing that there was no trade degredation between China and other nations after 1989?