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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by mc32 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @09:46AM (#20866389)
“Joke” apps, so you can put yourself in a video as a hero heroine, villain villainess. Put yourself as a singer or whatever on a music video, etc.

Punking your friends too.

In a productive context in filmmaking you can have fun with doubles and stuntmen and stunt women. Or if you have the rights to license the face and likeness of an actor actress and they can be in five films, ten films in a year (forgetting about brand dilution). John Wayne can be in a new Western movie,

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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by Oras on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:35AM (#20866850)
already there and its called Zao https://twitter.com/AllanXia/status/1168049059413643265
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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by godelski on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:02AM (#20867146)
Wait, this is a one shot? The poster is cherry picking results, right?
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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by sct202 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:40AM (#20867632)
He posted a ton of video examples if you scroll down thread on Twitter, and some are better than others. It's shocking how accessible the technology is now that a phone app is letting you do faceswaps on short video clips with one picture and basically no effort on the part of the user.
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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by ebg13 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:08AM (#20866586)
> Punking your friends too.

"Punking" does not qualify as non-malicious.

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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by mc32 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:13AM (#20866634)
That depends on your relationship and liberties you take.
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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by scarygliders on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @10:15AM (#20866657)
It does if you and your friends share the same sense of humour.
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