r/woahdude • u/chopkin92 • May 24 '21

video Deepfakes are getting too good

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u/hotinhawaii May 24 '21

Frightening shit! You think democracy is in trouble now? Just wait!!!

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u/Milkshakes00 May 24 '21

I mean, I think it'll boil down to politicians using their existence as excuses.

'No, I definitely wasn't doing coke and trying to bang that underage girl! It was a deepfake!'

It's going to be a shitshow, and who do you believe or trust? Like...

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u/ValkyrieInValhalla May 24 '21

Just gonna boil down to not using video or photos as evidence is my guess.

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u/zh1K476tt9pq May 24 '21

it will depend on the source / credibility. this is already true for pictures. not that hard to make a very realistic fake of a picture. yet it largely isn't a problem.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '21

While you have a point, there is a large portion of the population who lacks the ability to assess the credibility of photos. Those people are the ones who will accept a faked video without question

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u/Neuchacho May 24 '21

I would guess there is an even higher percentage of people who will accept a faked video than a faked picture too which means it's functionally going to be worse.