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Once that deep fake technology algorithm gets in the hands of the masses (Adobe Premiere After Effects plugin, Instagram/Snapchat filter, Apple Facetime filter,
by jasode 7y ago
Once that deep fake technology algorithm gets in the hands of the masses (Adobe Premiere After Effects plugin, Instagram/Snapchat filter, Apple Facetime filter, etc) ... so many obvious directions it will take:
- dating / flirting apps
- job candidates being interviewed remotely via webcams will use software to make them look younger
- "facelift" every television personality (news anchors, etc) and every movie actor. Both for creative purposes (younger/older timeline aging), for vanity, and for extending careers.
- generate fake but convincing political ads to put words in the mouth of opponent that he/she never said
- a growing distrust and skepticism of all videos including archive footage because we never had SHA256 authenticated hash of the old videos widely disseminated before deepfakes became ultrarealistic. E.g. There will be a subset of tomorrows kids that will not be convinced JFK ever actually said, "landing a man on the moon". The WTC towers were never hit by airplanes. All that old footage will be dismissed as fake. Video evidence becomes useless. Yes, society will try to counteract it with software the detects deep fakes but some of the public still won't be convinced. (Same as evidence against anti-vaccine being rejected.)
- pcmaffey 7y agoCounterpoints: 1. We don't have videos of The Gettysburg address. History existed before video. 2. There will never be another generation (in the near future) like boomers who didn't grow up tech savvy 3. Videos, like any form of documentation, are anecdotal evidence easily manipulated by what's "not in the frame" 4. The general problem you are describing comes from a faulty attribution of truth to video in our current day and age. The sooner we dismiss that the better Yes, the transition will be awkward, but no need for hysteria.
- assface 7y ago> 2. There will never be another generation (in the near future) like boomers who didn't grow up tech savvy You're living in a bubble.
- jonahx 7y agoI don't know if there's need for hysteria, but I think this is a much bigger change than you're making it out to be. It's a different league than artful editing and framing.
- stock_toaster 7y ago> - growing distrust and skepticism of all videos including archive footage That's an excellent, and very terrifying point. Governments are going to have a hay-day with misinformation campaigns to rewrite history (even more than they do now).
- kspacewalk2 7y agoOn the first day, God created The Deepfake Algorithm. On days 2-6, he waited patiently as the The Algorithm auto-generated history up to and including yesterday. Day 7 is today.
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- btown 7y agoThere are only 7 days because on Day 8 God saw the AWS bill and realized the unit economics were doomed from the start.
- _bxg1 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20567123 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20567123