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But Deepfakes only make those things easier, they're not what makes it possible in the first place. Have someone with makeup and a similar voice, and you can fo
by luckylion 4y ago
But Deepfakes only make those things easier, they're not what makes it possible in the first place. Have someone with makeup and a similar voice, and you can fool someone with a video call. Prank-calls with people sounding like some politician were a perennial source of entertainment for radio shows etc.
The trust was misplaced in the first case, but we're now getting a clear demonstration why. Like someone walking up to your car with a universal remote and unlocking it within 60 seconds.
- pjc50 4y agoI would argue that the trust wasn't necessarily always misplaced; one of the lessons of the book "Lying For Money" is that some level of fraud is unavoidable because the cost-benefit tradeoffs of always checking everything don't make sense to try to drive fraud to zero. However, AI moves the point on the cost-benefit curve.