It only buys time, but that can provide the time needed to create countermeasures and ideally make those very accessible—somewhat similar to responsible vulnerability disclosure.
This piece goes into more detail: https://aviv.medium.com/the-path-to-deepfake-harm-da4effb541... (excerpt from a working paper, part of which was presented at NeurIPs).
It only buys time, but that can provide the time needed to create countermeasures and ideally make those very accessible—somewhat similar to responsible vulnerability disclosure.
This piece goes into more detail: https://aviv.medium.com/the-path-to-deepfake-harm-da4effb541... (excerpt from a working paper, part of which was presented at NeurIPs).