TL;DR

• With the rise of AI, Web3 data verification may soon be vital.

• When AI can fabricate just about any kind of digital media (e.g. a clip of the president declaring war) data verification becomes crucial.

• One way to do so, is for the trusted sources distributing these photos/videos/audio recordings to verify their origins, by minting them as NFTs.

• Which might work similar to verification on Instagram - if the source isn’t verified, it isn’t as trusted.

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About a month back we wrote about the potential intersection of AI and Web3.

(And how most attempts to combine the two have so far been blatant hype-fueled cash grabs).

Today, we have another solid use case for you:

Data verification.

Ok, ok, it doesn't sound very exciting when we put it like that - but think about the importance of data verification, when AI can fabricate just about anything:

• A clip of the president declaring war.

• A recording used as evidence in court.

• A video of a CNN anchor announcing a stock market crash.

• An IG story of Seb falling through a plate glass window, insisting he "did it intentionally - as a joke" and that "you guys are just jealous" of his "stuntman-like skills."

Wait...where were we again? Oh yeah, AI.

AI can fabricate these things pretty darn well, and soon they'll be indistinguishable from reality.

We're going to need to be able to verify whether or not key pieces of digital media are real or not.

One way to do so, is for the trusted sources distributing these photos/videos/audio recordings to verify their origins, by minting them as NFTs.

Sounds weird! But it'd kind of work similar to verification on Instagram.

E.g. Let's say @kim_kardooshian is mimicking the real Kim K (@kimkardashian) on Instagram.

Users would be able to see straight through it - because they know @kimkardashian is verified.

With tamper proof and immutable verification of information via NFTs, the same could go for digital media in the age of AI.

(Let's hope so!)