We are the curators of this new reality. Every time we share a manipulated image, every time we laugh at a synthetic video, every time we look the other way on a fringe forum, we vote on the future of identity.
Some companies are developing "anti-deepfake" watermarks or poisoning tools (like MIT’s "PhotoGuard") that subtly alter images so that AI models cannot learn from them. If Taylor-Joy’s team were to release only "poisoned" promotional photos, future deepfakes would glitch and distort. Fan-Topia.Mondomonger.Deepfakes.Anya.Taylor-Joy...
Consider the availability of . She has starred in hours of 4K content— The Queen’s Gambit alone provides thousands of angles of her face under neutral, distressed, and triumphant lighting. For a deepfake algorithm, she is an ideal target: high-contrast features, consistent hairstyles, and a massive corpus of high-resolution training material. We are the curators of this new reality
The Mondomonger ethos rejects the "purity culture" of mainstream fandom. It argues that once a celebrity is in the public eye, their likeness is public raw material. For years, this meant heavy use of Photoshop—changing hair colors, removing clothing digitally, or splicing heads onto different bodies. It was laborious, often obvious, and easily dismissed as crude. If Taylor-Joy’s team were to release only "poisoned"