The Ability to Fake Voice and Video is About to Change Everything

[August]

Very interesting article that addresses something I have long pondered. As technology improves how will we be able to believe our own eyes and ears?

Most people think the way AI is going to significantly impact society is by taking all our jobs or creating robots that try to kill everyone. But while we focus on all the distant or unlikely impacts of artificial intelligence we’re about to get completely blindsided by a very real and practical one.

The ability to imitate anyone’s voice or likeness in order to falsify evidence.


https://danielmiessler.com/blog/the-ability-to-fake-voice-and-video-is-about-to-change-everything/

[Jimbuna]

in order to falsify evidence

Fake news :)

[fumo30]

Oh yes, there's two sides to every story and that applys to the science/technology as well.

When scientist invent ever higher resolution etc. camera tech and mics that can hear an angel farting, they also create ever smarter ways to forge all that data we are supposedly being provided by the cameras and mics.

[Platapus]

Some courts won't accept digital imagery as evidence unless the court has the file from the camera. A wise precaution.

[STEED]

Turn off the news. :03:

[August]

Some courts won't accept digital imagery as evidence unless the court has the file from the camera. A wise precaution.

A wise precaution I agree but if I understand the article correctly at some point even having the original file may not help as the technology improves.

[Platapus]

Very true, soon one will be able to artificially create the raw data files post production.

[Oubaas]

I'm hoping to eventually be able to buy software that will allow me to re-cast all my favorite movies.

Imagine...Steve Buscemi as Rooster Cogburn in the original, "True Grit".

Or Pee Wee Herman as, "The Outlaw Josey Wales".

It boggles the mind. The possibilities are endless!

:haha:

[Skybird]

Photoshop is around since - since how long already?

Ignore media, and you are uninformed. Pay attention to media, and you are misinformed.

Its also said that most of the quantity of the work done by secret services is aimed and controlling the own population and influencing own oublic opinion.

And then there is advertising psychology, a branch I have always avoided and dispised, like the excessive use of rhetorics as well.