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OK, forget the implications of low-cost and convincing fake video footage for nefarious purposes. "Fake videos"—e.g., CGI—have been around forever! I don't sudd
by basseq 7y ago
OK, forget the implications of low-cost and convincing fake video footage for nefarious purposes. "Fake videos"—e.g., CGI—have been around forever! I don't suddenly think Star Wars is real because I saw a video of it.
At the end of the day, what cool tech for legitimate purposes! Hollywood VFX, training video or PR customization, etc. Nixon giving this speech is a cool look into "what-if", without the moral burden of someone trying to convince me that an alternate reality is the real one.
- cwkoss 7y agoThe point is that society currently takes video at face value (pardon the pun) A clever hacker could replace the face on security footage of someone committing a crime with yours, put that file back on to security cam dvr, removing metadata that indicates the file was ever modified. Let the police retrieve the footage from the dvr. Do you think a good lawyer could get you off the charges for committing that crime, if you didn't have an alibi? Evidence standards around video will need to change soon, and society isn't ready for this shift currently.