Jul 30 2019

Will Deepfakes Ruin the World?

44 min 8 movies discussed
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Very recently, thanks to a new type of AI, it’s gotten much easier to create convincingly realistic videos of people saying and doing things they’ve never said or done. Will fake videos undermine our shared sense of reality and lead to the death of truth?

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# Summary

Josh and Chuck dive deep into the world of deepfakes—those disturbingly realistic AI-generated videos where people appear to say or do things they never actually did. They explore how this technology emerged in late 2017 when a Reddit user figured out how to swap celebrity faces onto adult films, and how it's evolved at breakneck speed into something that's now accessible to basically anyone with a computer. Beyond the obvious (and disturbing) non-consensual porn problem, the hosts discuss the serious threat deepfakes pose to society at large, from eroding trust in news and democracy to potentially triggering international incidents, while also diving into the technical details of how AI creates these fakes and what telltale signs might give them away.


Movies Discussed

Ant-Man
Ant-Man
2015 PG-13 1h 57m
★ 7.1
"Like the Michael Douglas stuff in Ant-Man and the Marvel stuff is kind of creepy looking. — Discussed de-aging effects used for Michael Douglas in the film." — Chuck
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
2019 PG-13 2h 4m
★ 6.8
"Like the Sam Jackson stuff and Captain Marvel. My friend... Looks pretty good. — Discussed de-aging technology used in the film for Samuel L. Jackson's character." — Chuck
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
2011
★ 8.5
"the rage of the all stark thing was interesting, i guess — Referenced a deepfake involving Game of Thrones characters (likely referring to Stark family)." — Chuck
Gemini Man
Gemini Man
2019 PG-13 1h 57m
★ 6.3
"He plays some sort of assassin that... to go back and kill the younger version of himself. — Referenced an Ang Lee film featuring Will Smith with de-aging effects." — Josh
Looper
Looper
2012 1h 58m
★ 6.9
"It sounds a lot like Looper. — Used as a comparison for the plot of the Ang Lee/Will Smith film mentioned." — Chuck
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 1h 55m
★ 7.9
"Nick Cage as Indiana Jones. Which is pretty funny. — Referenced a popular deepfake meme showing Nicolas Cage inserted into Indiana Jones scenes." — Chuck
South Park
South Park
1997
★ 8.3
"What's the difference between doing a really good deep fake and doing an animated cartoon like South Park. — Used as a comparison for how deepfakes and animated media both portray people saying fictional things." — Josh
Star Wars
Star Wars
1977 2h 1m
★ 8.2
"Nicholas Cage's Yoda is patently objectively hilarious. — Referenced a deepfake meme of Nicolas Cage as Yoda from Star Wars." — Josh

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