Authenticity in the Age of Synthetic Content – Trust, Fandom & Credibility After Generative AI

Camila Oliveira , Enrique Pérez , Fabrizio Poltronieri , Sofia Kats

19.05.2026 12:30–13:30

Stage 5

English

Panel

Media & Public Spheres

#KI #Ethik #Games #Netzkultur

The conversation aims to explore how generative AI is reshaping authenticity, authorship, and trust in digital culture, particularly through the lens of videogames development, fandoms, and online communities. We’ll look at how audiences recognize credibility when content can be endlessly reproduced, and what this means for emotional connection, cultural ownership, and creative identity.

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Key Questions

How do players and audiences recognize authenticity in games and game communities today?
Can fandom survive a culture of synthetic voices, faces, and content?
What happens to fandom when voices, faces, and styles can be synthetically reproduced at scale?
Where are the limits of AI when it comes to trust, credibility, and emotional connection?
How do game communities react when the “human” behind a voice, avatar, or creation becomes uncertain?
Do we need new labels, shared ethics, or cultural norms to signal authenticity in synthetic spaces?
Who carries responsibility when authenticity becomes ambiguous: creators, platforms, or audiences?

This session is part of the program special ON SCREEN and was curated by Games Ground.

Audio Recording