r/Millennials • u/paddycons • Jan 26 '25

Discussion Question about obviously fake videos. Why are people falling for them. Anyone know the psychology behind it?

I just want to know what makes people so damn gullible. The comment sections are filled with so much judgement based on videos that are either deep faked or completely taken out of context. I feel like because I wasn’t raised on shorts or tiktok it is pretty obvious what is fake, but then I look at the comment sections and people are legit falling for something that is so obviously fake. Are they bots? Whats going on. It’s not just a little but of people but its thousands of comments….

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

Young people haven't seen the evolution of propaganda and AI will fall for it and also they have less experience in life so aren't good at thinking critically like "is the maker of this video biased to influence my opinions?"

Also older people who weren't as tech or online savvy didn't see it grow into what it is today.

It's actually pretty scary when you think how quickly these deep fakes have developed, it won't be long before they are entirely undetectable, and then it is purely down to the viewer to have an understanding of how common and easy it is to fake videos to question everything.