We are still caught in the grip of the Covid-19 Pandemic and many
of us are tethered to our computers. Whether its remote working or online
education, Netflix or FaceBook – we’re checking out all sorts of material.
Naturally much of it is video based.
I have posted about the attraction of video and how smartphones
are a key international delivery vehicle for video on Social Media and
elsewhere.
If you ever tried to produce your own video like I have for my
online training courses, you know it is a labor and time intensive process. If
you are trying to produce a commercial grade product, this can be time
consuming, expensive and daunting.
Enter artificial intelligence and the concept of deepfakes. CNBC
defined deepfakes as “Deepfakes refer
to manipulated videos, or other digital representations produced by
sophisticated artificial intelligence, that yield fabricated images and sounds
that appear to be real.” (see: https://cnb.cx/3eTzDGE which is a photo source).
Wired magazine July 7, 202 ran an article “Deepfakes Are Becoming
the Hot New Corporate Training Tool” (see: https://bit.ly/2WDP0wh, which is
also a photo source). The rationale is that it is cheaper to produce
‘synthetic’ videos than ‘real ones’.
Just as you can buy click art or images for reuse, you can acquire
AI content and tools. The article talks about one company, Rosebud AI (another photo source) will
provide you with virtual models. I hope some of you at least appreciate the
Orson Welle’s reference here, if not then checkout: https://bit.ly/32GYACu.
Of course, creative types, like PSYOPers could integrate real and
synthetic material. With the recent unrest across the country, police body
camera footage could provide a great source of material for our adversaries.
Wondering about how to get police bodycams – check out: Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press (see: https://bit.ly/2WDJHgi, another photo source).
Bodycams could provide the kind of shocking footage that
adversaries love to use to show what America is really about. A simple Google
search will yield quite a few samples like this one: https://bit.ly/32CegXA.
Of course, if the bodycam footage isn’t dramatic enough – you can
always make your own deepfake.
As always reader comments encouraged.
Take good care out there!
2 comments:
Just last week a coworker posted a Beyoncé video on his Facebook feed that had his face instead of hers. It was quite seamlessly integrated with realistic movements and facial expression. Of course, to us, this was hilarious, but the fact that this technology is so readily available is frightening. That particular co-worker is in no way a computer geek.
An article in the Atlantic argues that Deepfakes are making Counter Intelligence operations harder: Check it out at: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/us-intelligence-needs-another-reinvention/597787/
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