Faceswapping, Unethical Videos, and Future Shock
EducationTom Scott•424.3K Views
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Editorial Analysis
I was going to tell a science fiction story about faceswapping, and mass blackmail. Then the news broke about unethical faceswapping videos, and software designed and marketed for creating them: and I realised the future had arrived faster than I thought.\n\n(This was originally a talk given at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail earlier this week, but I managed to mangle the audio recording settings, so I rerecorded it in a muddy park! It's not the same without the audience, but hopefully it's close enough.)\n\nSources:\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/25/ai-face-swap-pornography-emma-watson-scarlett-johansson-taylor-swift-daisy-ridley-sophie-turner-maisie-williams\nhttps://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/1/29/16944474/fake-ai-porn-nicolas-cage-reddit\n\nWith thanks to Matt Parker: https://youtube.com/standupmaths\n\n(No, I'm not giving you a link to the app, you can find it yourself if you really want to.)\n\nI'm at http://tomscott.com\non Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomscott\non Facebook at http://facebook.com/tomscott\nand on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo
