Creation of synthetic media using advanced computing algorithms
Deep Fake (16)
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- 7 min
- Vice
- 2019
Programmer creates an application that uses neural networks to remove clothing from the images of women. Deepfake technology being used against women systematically, despite continued narrative that its use in the political realm is the most pressing issue.
- Vice
- 2019
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- 7 min
- Vice
- 2019
This Horrifying App Undresses a Photo of Any Woman With a Single Click
Programmer creates an application that uses neural networks to remove clothing from the images of women. Deepfake technology being used against women systematically, despite continued narrative that its use in the political realm is the most pressing issue.
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How does technology enhance violation of sexual privacy? Who should regulate this technology, and how?
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- 2 min
- Wired
- 2019
Synthetic human faces are able to be generated by a machine learning algorithm.
- Wired
- 2019
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- 2 min
- Wired
- 2019
Artificial Intelligence Is Coming For Our Faces
Synthetic human faces are able to be generated by a machine learning algorithm.
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What are some consequences to AI being able to render fake yet believable human faces?
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- 6 min
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- 2018
Through a series of interactions on a chat and a truth-or-dare type game, the user guesses if they are chatting with a bot or human.
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- 2018
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- 2018
Bot or Not?
Through a series of interactions on a chat and a truth-or-dare type game, the user guesses if they are chatting with a bot or human.
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Are you able to tell the difference between interacting with a bot or human? How? What indicators did you rely on to make your decision?
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- 15 min
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
Repository of explicitly marked deepfake videos in which controversial public figures own up to past mistakes, aggressions, or crimes.
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
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- 15 min
- Deep Reckonings
- 2018
Deep Reckonings
Repository of explicitly marked deepfake videos in which controversial public figures own up to past mistakes, aggressions, or crimes.
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Can you identify a fake video from a real one? Read the “About” tab to learn more about the motivations for this project. What is your response to their guiding question: “how might we use our synthetic selves to elicit our better angels”?
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- 10 min
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- 2018
Techniques of misinformation are used to make a film about an alternative history in which the Apollo 11 mission failed and the astronauts became stranded on the moon.
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- 2018
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- 2018
In Event of Moon Disaster
Techniques of misinformation are used to make a film about an alternative history in which the Apollo 11 mission failed and the astronauts became stranded on the moon.
Discussion Prompts:
How do you foresee this type of misinformation being related to conspiracy theories? Do you believe you could have spotted the deepfake were you not specifically looking out for it? Are we approaching a future where we may have to watch all media with such scrutiny?
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- 5 min
- MIT Technology Review
- 2021
The company Datagen serves as an example of a business which sells synthetic human faces (based on real scans) to other companies to use as training data for AI.
- MIT Technology Review
- 2021
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- MIT Technology Review
- 2021
These creepy fake humans herald a new age in AI
The company Datagen serves as an example of a business which sells synthetic human faces (based on real scans) to other companies to use as training data for AI.
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Does it seem likely that synthetic human data has the power to combat bias, or could it just introduce more bias? Does this represent putting too much trust in machines?