The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes and other AI trickery

Re:The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes a... by sandworm101 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:18PM (#17135358)

Why bother creating these fakes? Saying something loud and often enough is all you need. Throwing money at social media is far more effective than creating deepfakes. Also, if the US military did spot a deep fake, do they have the trust for people to believe them? They are picking an uphill fight.

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Re:The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes a... by some_random on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @02:54PM (#17137000)

>Saying something loud and often enough is all you need.

Depressingly true, but keep in mind that words < pictures < video when it comes to provoking an emotional reaction.

>Also, if the US military did spot a deep fake, do they have the trust for people to believe them?

Depends on how their deepfake detection method works, if it's opensource, or at least publicly available and verifiably functional, then who wouldn't believe them? No one thinks their GPS is lying to them.

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Re:The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes a... by russdpale on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:33PM (#17135495)

For a one time 'hit' on a target, knowing fake news spreada faster than true news. By the time its shown to be fake, the damage has been done to the target.

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Re:The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes a... by josefresco on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:24PM (#17135409)

These fakes are just another tool like social media. Social media alone might be effective, but add in these "deep fakes" and it becomes even more.

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Re:The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes a... by unit91 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:57PM (#17135724)

There's also a lot of potential criminal use for them, like proof-of-life for a person who's actually dead.

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