This deep fake of Bill Hader “becoming” Tom Cruise is freaking people out
Deep fakes are videos that have been digitally manipulated to show something that didn’t happen, or something that did happen being done by someone who didn’t do it. In the past, they’ve been of dubious quality, with the manipulation tending to be fairly obvious, but they are becoming so much more convincing that it’s actually a little scary.
Watch what happens to Saturday Night Live performer, Bill Hader, when he mimics the voices of Tom Cruise and Seth Rogen.
Journalist and legal expert, Gavin Sheridan shared the clip, by Ctrl Shift Face, as well as his concerns.
I watched this video last night and it's still freaking me out. A deep fake where Bill Hader *turns into* Tom Cruise and Seth Rogan *while impersonating them*. (via @MohamedGhilan / Ctrl Shift Face on YouTube) pic.twitter.com/59evJ5Etfi
— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) August 12, 2019
*shivers*.
Anyways, imagine when this is all properly weaponised on top of already fractured and extreme online ecosystems and people stop believing their eyes and ears.
— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) August 12, 2019
True videos will be called fake videos, fake videos will be called true videos. People steered towards calling news outlets "fake", will stop believing their own eyes. People who want to believe their own version of reality will have all the videos they need to support it.
— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) August 12, 2019
Gavin wasn’t the only one deeply troubled by the technology.
Very much looking forward to the fabric of society as we know it crumbling under the weight of total uncertainty about anything due to technological tampering. That is TERRIFYING.
— Shaun Keaveny (@shaunwkeaveny) August 12, 2019
This is as frightening as it is impressive. https://t.co/kqTMfH0TZX
— Hrishikesh Hirway (@HrishiHirway) August 12, 2019
Frightening. You used to easily be able to tell computer-generated fakes from the real thing. Now, they can take shards of reality to make something untrue look like it really happened. This is a rubicon we're happily, carelessly crossing. https://t.co/kMqurucjzy
— Adam Proteau (@Proteautype) August 12, 2019
This is brilliant but terrifying. https://t.co/zv5Lbq6BBJ
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) August 12, 2019
Same, my husband still freaked out by this, couldn't get his head around it. Only the beginning of the deep fake 'mare… https://t.co/6acRD0yXoX
— Laura Byrne (@LauraByrneStory) August 12, 2019
Magazine editor, @jamesbutteryQP said what a lot of people were definitely thinking.
Time to shut down the internet, this is why we can’t have nice things!
— @jamesbutteryQP (@jamesbutteryQP) August 12, 2019
The only silver lining is that we may find out Trump’s whole election was a deep fake.
Source: ctrl shift face on YouTube
H/T: Gavin Sheridan
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