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Deepfakes are just an extension of imagination. We can already imagine people in any situation, making an image of it doesn't cause any more harm.
by Geee 4y ago
Deepfakes are just an extension of imagination. We can already imagine people in any situation, making an image of it doesn't cause any more harm.
- zakki 4y agoI don’t know why you put image and imagination in the same place. It is different. Imagination is the result of thinking. Image is the result of action. We can imagine killing people. Nobody harmed. But killing people in real life?
- lolinder 4y agoImage is not the result of action, it's the projection of imagination into the physical world. In your example, the correct parallel isn't killing people in real life, it's making an image of killing people. The ethics of making such images are debatable, but they already permeate our society without AI.
- taylorius 4y agoHow do you know? The whole point of a deepfake is that it is indistinguishable from a photo of a real life event.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoI can imagine a person killing other people. I can draw a person killing other people. I can make a computer draw a person killing other people. In all three cases, zero people were harmed.
- TuringTest 4y agoBut if you if you spread the image in a forum of haters, you may incite someone to kill that person. That's why there are laws against harassment. The danger is not the existence of an image, it is the act of communication that has consequences.
- chii 4y agohate crime is already a crime. If someone were to want to incite hate, they could do it today just as easily as a hypothetical future where an AI generated image is readily available. So the problem isn't the AI, it's the forum of haters. Restricting AI usage, in the hope of not having someone use it to incite hate is too roundabout a way to achieve any significant result, while everybody pays a high cost (of not being free to use such an AI as they see fit).
- BoxOfRain 4y agoI quite like the concept of information hazards for reasoning about these kinds of risk.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoThey say music can alter moods and talk to you. Well, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too? Well, if it can, then the next time you assault a dude, just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued!