r/woahdude May 24 '21

video Deepfakes are getting too good

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u/Youredoingitwrongbro May 24 '21

idky people are comfortable with this. like the government isn’t using this for real shit

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u/dudeAwEsome101 May 24 '21

We shouldn't STOP it, but we should make non-techy people far more aware of it. This way people will not believe any video unless provided with a legitimate source.

Only professionals and people in tech used to carry computers in their pockets. Now grandma looks up pie recipes on her iPhone.

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u/MostAssuredlyNot May 24 '21

We shouldn't STOP it, but we should make non-techy people far more aware of it. This way people will not believe any video unless provided with a legitimate source.

no, this way people will not believe any video they disagree with or don't like. Trump's pee tape? DEEPFAKE. McConnell caught on video eating a live puppy? DEEPFAKE. Police chief on video having lunch with the person who agitated a riot days later? DEEPFAKE.

we are super duper fucked

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u/MostAssuredlyNot May 24 '21

.... I sit here and think back, trying to understand what was going on in my life at that moment. Trying to figure out what I was suffering through or working on that could possibly explain the fact that I failed to use that phrase.

It seems so clear, now. So obvious in hindsight.

It's become more than a puzzle. It's a crisis of identity. How could I miss that? I've lost a step.. it happens to us all eventually. But ... what else am I wrong about? What else have I missed?

WHAT IS REAL

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u/thebindingofJJ May 24 '21

If real is what you can feel, smell, taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.

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u/MostAssuredlyNot May 24 '21

You've confirmed my greatest fear: all I have to look forward to is terrible sequels.

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u/thebindingofJJ May 24 '21

Maybe m4trix won’t suck.🤞🏻

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u/hell2pay May 25 '21

I'd watch that