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While this is abhorrent, the likely end result is people will stop trusting video they see online. That combined with sites like thispersondoesnotexist.com migh
by throwaways885 6y ago
While this is abhorrent, the likely end result is people will stop trusting video they see online. That combined with sites like thispersondoesnotexist.com might actually increase the personal privacy of people online. We might end up in a state where employers stop researching candidates from their apparent Facebook profiles.
- ouid 6y agoThis view seems dangerously, irresponsibly, optimistic.
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- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoReally? To me, it seems not optimistic but inevitable. I don't think anyone believes Emma Watson has actually done a porn, despite her appearing in the deepfake mentioned in the article. Being deepfaked is unlikely to affect anyone's real-world prospects in any way. That being said I can understand that it would still be hurtful and I'm open to having the content more tightly regulated.
- ouid 6y agoI just don't understand how anyone can live in the same world I do and have anything nice to say about the average person's credulity.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoAre you saying that you think folks believe Emma Watson has done a porn, or something else? I mean, the claim I'm making is empirical. If you went out and asked people, you could know the answer.
- ouid 6y agoYou have made two claims directly, and asserted their equivalence for a third claim. People have not seen the Emma Watson porn, and those that have can probably read the word deepfake in the title. My guess is between 5% and 20% of the people who have seen it, and found it through searching for Emma Watson, rather than Emma Watson Deepfake believe that they have seen actual Emma Watson in porn. But ultimately, you said that you didn't believe that it was irresponsible to assert that deepfakes will society more skeptical of video. That is your claim. I pose that deepfakes can easily be used to produce videos which are closer to what their audiences expect than reality, and as a result they will likely be less suspicious of what they see.
- throwaways885 6y agoKind of. But realise when this starts happening at-scale, every news anchor, celebrity and politician will be talking about the dangers of deepfakes. The layperson won't be ignorant for long. Already I see non-techie friends talking about deepfakes.
- criddell 6y agoI think it's more likely people will stop trusting video that doesn't support their world view.