Ask HN: Will Gen AI pull us out of the matrix?

The expectation is that Gen AI will improve to such a degree that real and fake media are no longer distinguishable. The worry focuses on the first phase thereafter, where people are duped into political turmoil etc.

I always thought this worry was overblown, partially as we as a species tend to adapt quite quickly. What if the adaptation in this case will be us giving up on social media and our devices, because we won't know what to believe? We'll move back the real world, where we belong.

This theory could have massive blind spots but I wanted to share and discuss.