In an age where AI can simulate reality, how can we tell what’s genuine and what’s not? Whether it’s art or someone’s character, does it always matter if we can’t spot a fake?

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Rethink: AI…what is authentic and what is fake.  Forgers have always tried to pass off copies as great artworks, but it’s not always clear when an artist was responsible for an entire painting or farmed out parts of the job to apprentices. A few well-known modern artists outsource all of the construction and manufacture of some of their works to skilled craftsmen and women.  Although the idea is theirs, does that make the final product somehow less than the genuine article?

Presenter: Ben Ansell.  Producer: Ravi Naik.  Editors: Lisa Baxter and Nick Holland

Rethink is a BBC co-production with the Open University.