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I'm imagining a day when telephone scammers call up a loved one with AI of your voice.

echelon 4y ago
People ask "was that photoshopped?" all the time. Kids will be video calling each other as SpongeBob and Richard Nixon soon. polote is right. In a decade, anyone will be able to make a nude of anyone else with their phone with just one photo. Or any other funny or stupid video or image. The tech is real and is coming fast. We can either legislate it or stop worrying and get used to it. I prefer the latter approach. This is going to be the biggest artistic renaissance of all time. Everyone has something to say, but most lack the years of practiced skill to say it. Not anymore.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  What do we do when someone creates a deep fake of Putin saying he will nuke Ukraine if they do not surrender within 3 days?
  - mtizim 4y ago
    You could easily fake a document and post it on twitter. You could fake a photo of putin pointing a gun at ukrainian children easily. What's so different with a video?
    - sjkoelle 4y ago
      interesting discussion from the OG https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/06/a-few-thoughts-about-deep-fakes/ https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/06/a-few-thoughts-a...
  - wongarsu 4y ago
    If Putin wants to threaten someone, it's on him to make the other party believes the threat. Hopefully Putin has more trustworthy methods of communication than posting videos on Twitter. Like having his ambassador deliver the message in person, or at least confirm it. When this doesn't happen, the recipient can be assured that the threat was either pure PR or fake. In either case it can be ignored.
  - commandlinefan 4y ago
    Do you think that banning a subreddit will stop that from happening?
  - echelon 4y ago
    The same thing we already do with photoshops and video edits. (Upvote or downvote.)
martythemaniak 4y ago
It's already a well-established type of scam in Eastern Europe. Scammers call old people late in the the evening. A Distressed Female Voice is in pain, non-specific, calling out "mama, I'm in pain, help, I'm hurt", then the call cuts away to Authoritative Male Voice who tells the old person their daughter was in accident, needs help, needs money etc. etc.

People ask "was that photoshopped?" all the time. Kids will be video calling each other as SpongeBob and Richard Nixon soon. polote is right. In a decade, anyone will be able to make a nude of anyone else with their phone with just one photo. Or any other funny or stupid video or image. The tech is real and is coming fast. We can either legislate it or stop worrying and get used to it. I prefer the latter approach. This is going to be the biggest artistic renaissance of all time. Everyone has something to say, but most lack the years of practiced skill to say it. Not anymore.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
What do we do when someone creates a deep fake of Putin saying he will nuke Ukraine if they do not surrender within 3 days?
- mtizim 4y ago
  You could easily fake a document and post it on twitter. You could fake a photo of putin pointing a gun at ukrainian children easily. What's so different with a video?
  - sjkoelle 4y ago
    interesting discussion from the OG https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/06/a-few-thoughts-about-deep-fakes/ https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/06/a-few-thoughts-a...
- wongarsu 4y ago
  If Putin wants to threaten someone, it's on him to make the other party believes the threat. Hopefully Putin has more trustworthy methods of communication than posting videos on Twitter. Like having his ambassador deliver the message in person, or at least confirm it. When this doesn't happen, the recipient can be assured that the threat was either pure PR or fake. In either case it can be ignored.
- commandlinefan 4y ago
  Do you think that banning a subreddit will stop that from happening?
- echelon 4y ago
  The same thing we already do with photoshops and video edits. (Upvote or downvote.)

martythemaniak 4y ago

It's already a well-established type of scam in Eastern Europe. Scammers call old people late in the the evening. A Distressed Female Voice is in pain, non-specific, calling out "mama, I'm in pain, help, I'm hurt", then the call cuts away to Authoritative Male Voice who tells the old person their daughter was in accident, needs help, needs money etc. etc.