A Very real threat. That professor who said it with a smile is only concerned with her research and thats it. She doesnt care about the consequences of this.
Also much of that can also be used like you said for FUD in Crypto's as well as Politics to influence countries and economies etc.
With the time and effort it will take to check each video created if its fake or real there will be a huge impact already on anything this technology targets.
It is very scary ...
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