Re:Pinscreen Deepfake Live Prototype [video]
by feanaro on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:03AM
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The OP seems as if he understood that, but his argument is that this new technology makes the costs significantly lower. The lowering of cost has a strong impact in itself.
In other words, almost no one would have bothered seeking out and then paying a talented individual with a somewhat uncommon skill in the vast majority of cases. Once this kind of software is available for free and packaged in such a package that almost zero effort is needed in order to achieve the same effect, a significantly higher number of people will do it.
So something important has changed. I agree that the alarmist stance is still unwarranted, though.
Zeitgeist: panic, "the concept of truth is being destroyed by advancements in computers!!!"
OP: sigh, "no... you have always been able to trick people, such as with audio, using a trained voice actor"
You: "but, even with audio, you can also trick people with fancy new computers!"
Me: ?!?