[ZainRiz]

The past century has really been an anomaly when it came to trusting news, with photos and videos seeming to be reliable proof. Before that, societies had to be structured very differently to account for the lack of proof.

You'd hear people from out of town talking about what they saw in a neighboring city. You'd need to judge how trustworthy the person was. People would expect a chain of narration, to understand how _that_ person came to learn a bit of information (or if they claimed to witness it first hand).

As AI generated content becomes more popular, I predict we as a society are going to go back to relying more and more on the reputation of the speakers in question.

Who might you consider reputable? People you've met personally, people who your community respects, and of course, influencers who you follow who's persuasive words match your pre-existing world views

[Georgelemental]

This change will likely advantage established institutions, no? It will be much harder for a whistleblower, random, etc to prove something that the powers-that-be would prefer be kept quiet.