The Death of Certainty in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The Death of Certainty in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/06/10/the-death-of-certainty-in-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/
Publish Date: 2026-06-10 00:00:00
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There was a time when visual evidence carried an almost sacred authority. A photograph from a war zone, a recorded speech by a political leader, or a footage of military strike possessed the power to share diplomacy and trigger international investigations. The modern international legal system particularly after the twentieth century evolved around assumptions that reality, although politically contested, remained fundamentally verifiable.
That assumption is beginning to collapse.
The age of artificial intelligence has introduced a danger far more profound than ordinary misinformation. The problem is no longer simply that false information exists, falsehood always existed. Propaganda, manipulation and political distortion are as old as power itself, and had always been used as political tools. The problem is that false information can be now generated and an even bigger emerging crisis is that societies are becoming psychologically desensitized to the distinction between authenticity and fabrication altogether. REALITY ITSELF IS BECOMING NEGOTIABLE.
This transformation is already visible across digital platforms. Political speech is manufactured, fake videos of fighting are posted, fake appearances by celebrities are generated, and silly videos go viral at an amazingly rapid speed.
In early 2026, one particularly revealing example emerged during the wave of online speculation surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a single moment the internet is brimming with images and videos, created by AI that featured him supporting the rumors claiming that he has been killed. The next multiple videos surfaced showing him alive in public settings including one filmed in a coffee shop in Jerusalem. Ordinarily such footages would have ended the speculation but it intensified it. A lot of people immediately dismissed the videos as deep fakes given some glitches.
On the other hand, after the circulation of videos and images of the reported martyrdom of Ayatollah…
