If it is true that...

The rise of generative models will produce serious problems

Then it must be true that...

It is important to be able to verify generated media as being generated

If it is true that...

We are increasingly seeing multimodal synthetic media

Then it must be true that...

It is important to be able to verify generated media as being generated

If it is true that...

Synthetic media verisimilitude ‘pollutes’ commons

Then it must be true that...

It is important to be able to verify generated media as being generated

If it is true that...

We cannot hope to stop fake synthetic media abuse in general

Then it must be true that...

It is important to be able to verify generated media as being generated

If it is true that...

Watermarking generated media with an error-ensuring code is an effective way to ensure its ability to be verified as generated

and

It is important to be able to verify generated media as being generated

Then it must be true that...

Generated media should be watermarked with an error-ensuring code