Black Mirror

[Sleepy Lark]

After thoroughly enjoying this last season, I can't help but feel wary of the whole "deepfake" program thing that someone used to map Nicholas Cage's face on to a video of someone else (and yes, I know there's a much naughtier aspect to how the program is being used).
It really bothers me how un-serious most people seem to be taking this. It's not the same as photoshopping an image or writing a fictitious story. Videos are the closest thing to firsthand experience that currently exists in our world, and if it isn't clearly fake... Most people will readily accept what they see as being (or having been) real.
It might be funny to imagine some hilariously degrading video of a politician or a celebrity, but that's not what I imagine. I see this as a weapon. I imagine innocent people going to prison on account of fake video evidence and a biased court. I imagine myself or a family member getting blackmailed with a fake (but nonetheless embarrassing) video. This is no longer the same kind of "satire" as illustrated caricatures or even internet memes. This is tampering with our perception of reality, and as time goes on it's only going to get harder to discern reality from falsehoods.
This might step on toes, but I think we should own the rights to our own likenesses (representation in a lifelike video form) and have some form of legal protection from this. There's a clear line between fair use and abuse, and that line needs to be drawn in legal form soon.

[Cupz]

Haven't heard of deepfake untill now. Interesting. I guess this means video-footage can not be seen as impartial evidence in a court of law anymore. And boy am I glad I didn't flood the internet with my photographs! (facebook/instagram/whathaveyou)

[TheFadeBeta]

I tried using the deepfake app,however, my pc is waaay to slow ...you need a very nice box with an excellent graphics card and even with that it takes a few days to smooth out all the edges.

[media]Here is something i found on Reddit before the deepfakes sub was banned [/media]



I don't think it will make video evidence obsolete anything that can be engineered can be reverse engineered also the same things where said about PS so i have a feeling it will just be another tool for people to fool around with.....it's cool though.

[Mexicola]

Hmmm. Thin end of the wedge though. Let's see how slow it is in ten years time when we're all running quantum computers

[Cupz]

Or either just have a lot of money or (in-)direct access to a supercomputer.
Wasn't there a case in australia where someone didn't have to pay their speeding ticket because the cops couldn't deliver evidence of the picture not being photoshopped? I think some people could make the ruling with deepfake now, and at the very least buy some time. Also, most cctv monitoring is often not the best quality/resolution, I bet these algorithms do a lot better at those. Again, it doesn't have to matter if you just throw enough money at it or simply be high up enough in the facebook/google/insert-company-with-supercomputers-here food-chain, you could easily mass-produce this stuff.

As for quantum computers. Soon we'll have products being sold to us by ourselves and loved ones attached to the body of a supermodel! Hooray! Can I get mexi to sell me beer please?