DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in videos

Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by Pfhreak on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:27PM (#20871366)

> I'm leaning towards the same school of thought. I'd rather see this tech widely accessible and hence all video/picture material henceforth considered completely untrustworthy, than living in the misguided notion that video evidence is trustworthy.

On the flip side, this enables revenge porn deepfakes and person to person harm on a much, much more common level. If you are someone who becomes briefly famous on the internet, expect that a TON of harmful or disturbing videos of "you" will show up in short order. I'm not sure we have good regulations and laws in place to protect people against the misuse of this tech yet.

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Re:DeepFaceLab: A tool that utilizes ML to replace faces in ... by short_sells_poo on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @01:07PM (#20879191)

I understand, but I believe it is obvious now that technology like this cannot be legislated away or controlled. The moment that people discovered that ML can be used to generate fakes was the point of no return.

There's not a single thing in the chain of tools and knowhow required to produce this that can be kept out of the hands of malicious actors.

The best course of action now is to rapidly educate people of the implications and hope that the initial wave of abuse will be without too many casualties.

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