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People's trust of 'fake faces' could make them more susceptible to fake news and have dire consequences with trust
phys,org ^ | 12/08/2022

Posted on 12/08/2022 7:48:20 AM PST by devane617

Participants in new research conducted by Royal Holloway and the Warburg Institute, both University of London, were likely to trust artificially generated faces, known as generative adversarial network (GAN) faces, than real ones, making them more susceptible to misinformation and creating a cultural visual landscape towards a more deceptive society.

The study, published in the journal iScience and titled "On the Realness of People Who Do Not Exist: The Social Processing of Artificial Faces," lab-led by Professor Manos Tsakiris from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, and study-led by Dr. Raffaele Tucciarelli at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, showed participants a series of faces that either belonged to real people or were artificially generated (AI).

Participants were asked to judge whether the faces were real or not and, intriguingly, GAN faces were more likely to be perceived as real over those of actual people.

The findings highlight the recent advances in the technology used to generate artificial images, with an impressive acceleration over the last decade of GAN technology—resulting in faces looking incredibly realistic today.

(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: darkside
What is real anymore? Do we really know?
1 posted on 12/08/2022 7:48:20 AM PST by devane617
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To: devane617
"What is real anymore? Do we really know?"

70% sure that your question is a deep fake question generated by AI.

2 posted on 12/08/2022 7:50:03 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: devane617

In a world with enough fake news, you can choose to believe whatever you want.


3 posted on 12/08/2022 7:51:18 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: devane617

An online collaboration of Artificial Intelligence “artists”

thispersondoesnotexist.com


4 posted on 12/08/2022 7:52:12 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Machine-gun jumblies. How'd I miss that? - Austin Powers 2)
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To: devane617

It’s a Post-Truth society.


5 posted on 12/08/2022 7:52:43 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (No one is as asleep as the "woke". They define the term "useful idiot".)
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To: devane617

“It’s a computer. Computer’s can’t lie.” <== Average 100 IQ person, probably.


6 posted on 12/08/2022 7:54:14 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: devane617

This study is done in tne hopes of gove rent taking over what can and can’t be said or printed. The elites want to regulate what is said, which is why we saw althea censoring going on in social media and the news, and all the alarmist news stories about “fake news and the terrible ramifications of it”- they are trying to justify taking control of what people see and hear.


7 posted on 12/08/2022 8:00:01 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: devane617

8 posted on 12/08/2022 8:01:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Bob434

Im should have said “is likely done In The hopes of”, as it follows the pattern of control the left are trying g to develope recently, ie, warning about terrible consequences of fake news.

It’s not,the governments job to censor what they don’t like or approve. It is the people’s responsibility to check things put for themselves. The old saying “buyer beware” still holds-


9 posted on 12/08/2022 8:06:08 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: devane617
I just discovered "Lie to me" on Hulu. A 2009-2011 series with Tim Roth.

"About Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to expose the truth behind the lies."

#Cal Lightman world probably slit his wrists today.


10 posted on 12/08/2022 8:07:00 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: BenLurkin

Definitely a lie! But also false advertising.

Like buying a Rolex, then finding out it’s a $20 Chinese knockoff.


11 posted on 12/08/2022 8:09:23 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: devane617

Well why not? They would be the perfect pictures to accompany bots that post on media and that give shining reviews at Amazon. I’ll bet they’re even used on “dating” (sex-hookup) sites. Same for robots.

To repeat what devane617 said, “what’s real anymore”?

I don’t know. I could be a bot and not know it.


12 posted on 12/08/2022 8:11:57 AM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: I want the USA back

13 posted on 12/08/2022 8:20:36 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: devane617

The highest paid hookers always look their best for a reason.


14 posted on 12/08/2022 8:36:09 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

OMW, CDY! That’s so creepy. Looks totally real. Hair’s a little odd, but those eyes look so real.


15 posted on 12/08/2022 8:38:07 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Bigg Red

There are THOUSANDS more inside that website.


16 posted on 12/08/2022 8:41:14 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Machine-gun jumblies. How'd I miss that? - Austin Powers 2)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

17 posted on 12/08/2022 8:46:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Amazing.


18 posted on 12/08/2022 8:50:51 AM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: devane617

Should we trust “fake faces” less than we trust 99% of the media today?


19 posted on 12/08/2022 9:18:57 AM PST by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: devane617

I guess the reason I’m not susceptible is because I have enough sense not to turn it on?


20 posted on 12/08/2022 9:30:57 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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