I wonder if Peter Burke would rethink the documental and historical status of photography when we start to see AI and Deep Learning systems (like generative adversarial networks – GANs) being used to create fake and believable images at scale.
Reference: J. Snow, “AI could send us back 100 years when it comes to how we consume news,” MIT Technology Review. [Online]. Available: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609358/ai-could-send-us-back-100-years-when-it-comes-to-how-we-consume-news/. [Accessed: 09-Nov-2017].