Wonder Mag

You watch a video. A public figure speaks. The voice is familiar. The face looks real. But there’s a problem. That moment may have never happened. Artificial intelligence is no longer just automating jobs or writing text. It is quietly reshaping something far more fragile: our sense of reality. Why We No Longer Trust What We See Online For most of human history, seeing meant believing. Images were evidence. Videos were proof. AI has broken that contract. Today, machines can: Create faces that don’t exist Make people say things they never said Fabricate events with convincing detail The result is simple and unsettling: visual proof is no longer proof. This is not a technical issue. It’s a psychological one. The Real Problem Isn’t AI — It’s Us AI didn’t destroy truth. It exploited our habits. We scroll fast. We verify less. We react emotionally. Algorithms don’t reward accuracy. They reward engagement. Fear spreads faster than facts. Outrage travels further than nuance. Truth...