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: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday October 09 2018, @06:00PM (2 children)
> anyone who takes action based solely upon a video announcement is beyond foolish.
Dumber than a flock of Palins.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday October 09 2018, @08:48PM (1 child)
Thankfully, Palin, GWB, Carrot Top, Slick Willie, Ronnie and the rest of them weren't as completely in control as they are portrayed to be in movies.
At least that's what I tell myself so I can sleep at night.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 10 2018, @09:06AM
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/14/could-anyone-stop-trump-from-launching-nukes-the-answer-no.html [cnbc.com]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/09/what-if-the-president-ordering-a-nuclear-attack-isnt-sane-a-major-lost-his-job-for-asking/ [washingtonpost.com]
In contrast the USSR had a saner system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand [wikipedia.org]
It's easier to confirm you were nuked AFTER you were actually nuked and then retaliate, assuming the systems were designed properly to survive a nuclear strike.