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> Can you give me a single example... This suggests you may not have done the research to support your viewpoint with such self assurance. The increasing soph
by jimmySixDOF 6y ago
> Can you give me a single example...
This suggests you may not have done the research to support your viewpoint with such self assurance.
The increasing sophistication of Deepfakes as a technology concept applied over time is what people are rightly afraid of today.
But even now :
(based on some search notes I have from 6 months ago)
[1] Video of Gabon’s long-unseen president Ali Bongo, who was believed in poor health or already dead, was decried as a deepfake by his political opponents and cited as the trigger, a week later, for an unsuccessful coup by the Gabonese military.
[2] Malaysia: Is the political aide viral sex video confession real or a Deepfake?
[3] ISIS 'preparing clip of al-Baghdadi ALIVE' using deepfake propaganda.
"An important goal may be to try and rally the ISIS supporters and 'show' that the US is lying"
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/12/top-ai-researchers-race-detect-deepfake-videos-we-are-outgunned/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/12/top-ai-...
[2] https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/06/12/is-the-political-aide-viral-sex-video-confession-real-or-a-deepfake/1761422 https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/06/12/is-the-po...
[3] https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/al-baghdadi-still-alive-deepfake-20841470 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/al-baghdadi-stil...