{"id":2921,"date":"2021-07-13T09:07:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T09:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kindgeek.com\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2024-04-15T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T12:01:14","slug":"why-fact-checking-is-a-key-skill-in-the-deepfake-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kindgeek.com\/blog\/post\/why-fact-checking-is-a-key-skill-in-the-deepfake-era","title":{"rendered":"Why fact-checking is a key skill in the deepfake era"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Along with the development of visual effects in social media: Instagram and Snapchat face masks, TikTok filters, the large amount of deepfake content online is snowballing over the last few years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is deepfake? It is a form of AI that uses deep learning algorithms which allow users to swap their face into their chosen source content or replace any voice with a selected one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few Chinese media recently wrote about the deepfake scandal around one of the local series. The filming troop suddenly decided to change the cast entirely in the middle of the filming process. As it turned out, it was not a classic change of the cast: new actors were generated using cutting-edge AI. And the series was released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is nothing wrong with this example, and what\u2019s more \u2013 it did not cause any issues and simplified the filming process. However, it is not a surprise that such capabilities may also raise some concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First concerns around deepfake technology arose due to its use in porn \u2013 the first use case to which dee ake has been widely applied. Deepfake made it possible to swap the faces of celebrities and include them in pornographic videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One famous (not for a long time, though) app that allowed you to see your face when you get old is entirely innocent compared to a deepfake-powered app that will enable you to “undress” any woman by simply uploading her photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About a year ago, after the Cambridge Analytica incident, the deepfake video featuring Mark Zukerberg<\/a> was released: \u201cImagine this for a second, one man with total control with billions of people\u2019s stolen data, all their secrets, their lives, their futures\u2026\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One more viral deepfake witnessed Jon Snow\u2019s<\/a> moving apology for the sad ending to Game of Thrones. And the most \u201cbreaking\u201d one was probably Barack Obama<\/a> calling Donald Trump a \u201ccomplete dipshit.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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