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posted by mrpg on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-got-you-on-video dept.

Original URL: As fake videos become more realistic, seeing shouldn't always be believing.

All it takes is a single selfie.

From that static image, an algorithm can quickly create a moving, lifelike avatar: a video not recorded, but fabricated from whole cloth by software.

With more time, Pinscreen, the Los Angeles start-up behind the technology, believes its renderings will become so accurate they will defy reality.

"You won't be able to tell," said Hao Li, a leading researcher on computer-generated video at USC who founded Pinscreen in 2015. "With further deep-learning advancements, especially on mobile devices, we'll be able to produce completely photoreal avatars in real time."

[...] Now imagine a phony video of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announcing a missile strike. The White House would have mere minutes to determine whether the clip was genuine and whether it warranted a retaliatory strike.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:39PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 09 2018, @12:39PM (#746403) Journal

    Ok, I can certainly see some problems from this kind of tech...but this seems like a really awful example. The only way they've got "minutes" to decide is if the announcement is made in a live broadcast. So supposing some idiot on the web gets their hands on this tech, they've still gotta fake a live broadcast from North Korea before it causes an intentional incident. It's not like you can mail the video to the NYT and say the missiles are going to hit five minutes after they open the envelope...and even if you did, are they really going to believe that THAT'S how Kim is distributing his message?

    Since when do you think 4chan amateur trolls or the professional Yannopoulos care about veracity?

    What's more dangerous in terms of probability? An instant overreaction of the Pentagon or the pressure of Fauxnews for the govt to do something, teach (a framed) NK a lesson?

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