How soon before we can deepfake the novel?

How a deepfake story of the moon landings got me thinking…

Last week I went to an exhibition at the WA Museum about the moon and space exploration. In one corner of the exhibit they had set up a room to look like a 1960s living room, and on the old-fashioned television Richard Nixon was giving a speech, mourning the lives of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, who had been tragically lost while try…