The operators made it worse of course, whether enabled by AI or not. We've been dealing with this exact same issue, without AI, for decades when it comes to identity theft.
These "operators" that you say are part of the production execution of "AI" are also part of every single institution that led up to this person being here and existing. Everything from registering their birth, capturing their DMV details, capturing their details when enrolling at a school and opening a bank account, taking their photo for the driver's license, etc. All gooey, imperfect, corruptible and fallible people that taint the "chain of custody" about the person's identity.
These "operators" that you say are part of the production execution of "AI" are also part of every single institution that led up to this person being here and existing. Everything from registering their birth, capturing their DMV details, capturing their details when enrolling at a school and opening a bank account, taking their photo for the driver's license, etc. All gooey, imperfect, corruptible and fallible people that taint the "chain of custody" about the person's identity.