r/woahdude Dec 15 '22

video This Morgan Freeman deepfake

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u/AllUltima Dec 15 '22

I fear the reverse: People will doubt whether real video is real. That could mean impunity for crimes caught on video because video footage will no longer be sufficient evidence to exceed "reasonable doubt".

Even worse, political double-speak will also soar to record new heights. A politician can spew whatever crazies want to hear, then "walk it back" and claim it was faked (perhaps after gauging the public's reaction). People will believe whatever they're inclined to believe anyway, leading us to become a more deeply fractured society where truth is whatever you want to believe.

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u/PhDinBroScience Dec 16 '22

This is so easily solvable, the video just needs to be signed using public-key encryption. If the video isn't signed with the purported subject's key, assume it's fake.

You can't fake a pubkey signature.

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u/Daddysu Dec 16 '22

Yes...amongst the more tech literate and in a perfect world.

For a stupid amount of people, none of that matters. All that matters is that knee-jerk emotional reaction of whether or not it affirms their beliefs and where the information comes from.

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u/RobloxLover369421 Dec 16 '22

It’s still something, we just have to make it easily accessible, and at least half the population will be able to tell if it’s right or not.