Jan 20
Good Deepfakes
Deepfakes are often associated with malicious intents — political rivals create incendiary fake footage of the opposing politician doing something bad, ex-lovers create embarrassing clips, angry employees create harmful content to denigrate the company they’re working at.
However, Deepfakes might need a new name. Alternate actors? AI generated characters?
With generative AI, both the creation of new images as well as the even more uncanny ability to superimpose faces. To see the evolution and be able to project where this is going, one just needs to look at the past few years of videos from YouTube channels like Corridor Crew or Brian Monarch. You can check them out below:
When they brought back Princess Leah and the T1000, well, the results were a little glitchy. However, using today’s technologies, they’re indistinguishable and can be done enmasse by those without specialized knowledge. The end of truth? No. The beginning of exciting customized content.
