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Why AI Deepfakes Should Scare the Living Bejeezus Out of You
Observer ^ | 06/12/19 | Harmon Leon

Posted on 06/15/2019 4:17:24 AM PDT by Leaning Right

I know what you’re thinking: I hope someday there will be a really scary and easy way to create fake videos and misinformation—in which it appears that people are saying words that they never originally said.

Rest assured, this Philip K. Dick dystopian nightmare… is now a reality.

Scientists from Stanford University, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Princeton University and Adobe Research have developed a software that will allow you to edit and change what people are saying in videos—and pull it off to create a realistic-looking fake.

(Excerpt) Read more at observer.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: deepfakes
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A video example of the process is at the link. It is no mere voice-replacement. The process is very sophisticated.

And it kind of makes you wonder. Scientists from a number of prestigious institutions are working on this. Why? How could this research possibly benefit society?

Their software can only cause trouble. So again, why?

1 posted on 06/15/2019 4:17:24 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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How could this research possibly benefit society?

It's like having a bunch of scientists hellbent on creating a GMO crop for the sole purpose of causing cancer.

2 posted on 06/15/2019 4:39:04 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (“Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts.”)
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Why are they researching it? Because someone is paying them to research it. It is great for psyops.


3 posted on 06/15/2019 4:44:29 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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How is this a problem? The Brown Shirt Media has been doing this for decades!


4 posted on 06/15/2019 4:56:11 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Leaning Right

It is abusive. Yet, it would be kinda cool to see a video of a wannabe caliphate imam telling his flock to kill each other.


5 posted on 06/15/2019 4:57:23 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Enforce the Law. Build the Wall. Deport them All.)
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Here is the problem, IMHO. It is imminently appropriate to “fool” Hitler with the “Patton Ghost Army” and a massive disinformation campaign to deter defense of the actual invasion. It is appropriate because Ike didn’t give a damn about what Adolph thought of his integrity, Ike’s plan was to ultimately kill Hitler so he didn’t particularly give a gd what Adolph thought of him.

To gaslight your own people repeatedly for decades will necessarily result in an inexorable nasty end but our CIA and FBI and DOJ don’t seem to get that. Ultimately “the people” they claim to be doing it for are simply not going to put up with it any longer. Destroying the city to save it may be fine in a foreign country but destroying the country we friggin’ LIVE in is gonna be a losing strategy in the end and IMHO the end is coming at us fast here.


6 posted on 06/15/2019 5:02:16 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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I just found out they are using AI for much more than this.
Right now, they require people to scan the internet for key words and thought.
Now they are using computers to scan the internet and blocking sites which disagree with their message.

The failure rate is high right now but they are pouring millions into getting to work correctly.

All for the purpose of controlling the message.


7 posted on 06/15/2019 5:12:58 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Sirius Lee

Excellent analogy


8 posted on 06/15/2019 5:29:23 AM PDT by Track9
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To: Leaning Right

I knew this would happen after that Star Trek episode with John Gil.


9 posted on 06/15/2019 5:35:09 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: wastoute

Great post.


10 posted on 06/15/2019 5:39:35 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: headstamp 2

I think about that episode quite a lot.


11 posted on 06/15/2019 5:40:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Bottom line is if Barr doesn’t get off his ass soon it is gonna be the END of the Federal Government of the USA. Pretty sure I even heard Rush say as much yesterday.


12 posted on 06/15/2019 5:46:53 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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So when embarrassed by video of crap 0bama and Hillary actually said they can claim it’s fake.


13 posted on 06/15/2019 5:49:52 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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Grant money? If you ever think scientists really are workung on things that will benefit your family, remember Mengle. If you are associated with a group someone powerful hates... say Google’s clear hatred of Christians (funny how it isn’t other religions).. the scientists would just as soon use you for the collective good.


14 posted on 06/15/2019 5:51:42 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged for cash and control.)
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https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bad+lip+reading+youtube&view=detail&mid=CB8228F28976F3066EEDCB8228F28976F3066EED&FORM=VIRE
Hilarious example!


15 posted on 06/15/2019 5:59:56 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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So when embarrassed by video of crap 0bama and Hillary actually said they can claim it’s fake.

I saw this very thing done in a news report where the video of Pelosi’s stuttering was blamed on “digital misinformation”.

16 posted on 06/15/2019 6:07:25 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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Katie Couric will love it! She’ll no longer have to start a question with “Some people say...” She can create the video of them saying it!


17 posted on 06/15/2019 6:09:32 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
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To: Leaning Right

It’s just like any other tech. The problem is in how people use it, not the tech. There’s perfectly legitimate uses for it (it’s ultimate “we’ll fix it in post”, for film and TV making). Of course it will be used for other purposes, that’s people for you.


18 posted on 06/15/2019 6:25:57 AM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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I remember when the movie "Contact" came out I thought about this.

They producers had taken some footage of ol'slick and edited them into the movie.

You could easily see where they'd done this.

I told my wife in the future it'd be possible to edit film to make it appear real.

Consider how much this generation relies upon social media for information. The selective editing of former presidential speeches, congressional testimony, etc, will present a new narrative of history.

19 posted on 06/15/2019 6:35:14 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: wastoute

Well if Rush said it, it must be true.


20 posted on 06/15/2019 6:54:15 AM PDT by bigbob
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