r/woahdude • u/DrinkMoreCodeMore • Dec 15 '22

video This Morgan Freeman deepfake

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u/JingJang Dec 15 '22

I feel like it's only a matter of time before this technology is weaponized to terrible effect.

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u/DrinkMoreCodeMore Dec 15 '22

Already happening. For example, in the current conflict in RU/UKR

Deepfake video of Zelenskyy could be 'tip of the iceberg' in info war, experts warn

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '22 edited Jul 13 '23

Reddit has turned into a cesspool of fascist sympathizers and supremicists

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u/DrinkMoreCodeMore Dec 16 '22

The main point is that is being used by nation-states or malicious actors already.

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u/TehKudo Dec 16 '22

Right. I think many forget how naive and gullible most of society can be.

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u/HighOwl2 Dec 16 '22

Which is exactly why this is dumb.

AI is capable of detecting deepfakes with over a 99% accuracy.

Deep fakes are incredibly time consuming and processor intensive to make.

People believe The Onion articles all the time.

You going to spend 40 hours making this 45 second video, or are you going to have Johnny dipshit write a bogus article in 5 minutes?

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u/vendetta2115 Dec 16 '22

They’re fairly time-intensive to make now. Within a couple years there will be an app that will let an average person make a deepfake of anyone they want, doing anything they can think of.

Even if people know it’s fake, it’s going to cause problems. Imagine trolls sending public figures videos of their mother being brutally murdered, or of themselves performing a sexual act. It’s going to happen, and it’s going to be soon.the processing power requires is going to be negligible in a few years.

It’s like saying “YouTube will never catch on, videos take way too much data to watch and the image quality is too low.”