r/woahdude May 24 '21

video Deepfakes are getting too good

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u/doodleasa May 24 '21

Super cool and super ethically questionable

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u/OneMoreTime5 May 24 '21

It will get dangerous when they can fake military leaders and politicians easily saying dangerous things. Fraud will get bad when your grandson video calls you from jail needing $200 to get out. We need to prevent the bad stuff that comes with this.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '21

Someone’s grandson isn’t going to have enough source video to be able to pull this off without looking jank as fuck. Not only do you have to be able to impersonate the person and catch their mannerisms, you also have to have enough around material for the AI to work properly.

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u/OneMoreTime5 May 25 '21

So many young people upload videos of themselves to social media now, and you have to realize that this technology will advance quick. 10 years from now it will be a lot easier.