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AI-Driven Trust Decline

EpistemicMedium High

Trust erosion is the gradual decline in public confidence in institutions, experts, media, and verification systems. AI accelerates this by making it easier to generate disinformation, fabricate evidence, and create customized attacks on institutional credibility.

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Severity
Medium High
Likelihood
High
Time Horizon
~2025
Maturity
Growing

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Related Entities3

Epistemic Collapse
risk
AI Disinformation
risk
Deepfakes
risk

Sources3

Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
Francis Fukuyama
Edelman Trust Barometer
Pew Research on institutional trust

Assessment

SeverityMedium High
LikelihoodHigh
Time Horizon~2025
MaturityGrowing
CategoryEpistemic

Details

TypeEpistemic
StatusOngoing

Tags

institutionsmediademocracyverificationpolarization

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