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+What are Deepfakes
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+
+We all know that you can do silly face swaps with snap chat and other apps.
+Previously face swapping faces on videos was terrible because you simply
+sequentially swapped all the faces frame by frame. As a result, the quality was
+very poor and did not handle head movements well. A Reddit user by the name of
+Deepfake created a recurrent neural net which accurately face swaps videos.
+Deepfake(the user) initially gathered a following by swapping celebrity faces
+onto porn videos.
+
+Reddit has banned Deepfake and Pornhub has banned deepfakes from their
+platforms. Despite the attempts to remove fake deepfake videos, they are
+currently all over the internet.
+
+How Can You Make Deepfakes
+==========================
+
+Deepfake created FakeApp which allows anybody to use his technology to make
+deepfake videos. The website [FakeApp](https://www.fakeapp.org/) contains both
+downloads and tutorials for anybody who is interested in using this technology.
+Recurrent neural nets are very computational heavy and will take you about a day
+of GPU power to generate a good deepfake.
+
+Moral Outrage
+=============
+
+There internet is currently in an uproar over this topic. In most cases is
+obvious which videos are deep faked, however, that can change in a few years –
+or even months. How do we prove that a video is credible if it could be faked
+convincingly? It is not unforeseeable that in the future someone will try to use
+this technology to blackmail a politician and smear their campaign.
+
+Where do you draw the line between satire and freedom of speech? Most people
+argue that we should ban the use of deepfakes on any video that does not have
+the consent of the two people being swapped. However, is it fair to apply that
+rule to memes involving Nicholas Cage?
+
+It is worth mentioning that there are very little laws that can be used
+regarding deepfaked content. If the content is seen as harassment, damaging, or
+violates copyright it is clearly illegal. But, besides that, there are very
+little laws regulating this new realm.
+
+Future Applications
+===================
+
+This technology may seem creepy and offsetting – especially when you are only
+considering it for face swapping celebrities on porn. The applications of this
+technology are limitless. Consider the movie industry, recurrent neural net
+technology may be used to enhance CGI. 3D modeling in video games could also use
+this technology to create more realistic graphics.
+
+Conclusion
+==========
+
+Don’t blame or ban the technology. There will always be people who misuse the
+technology, but, the benefits of such technologies outweigh the negative
+consequences.
+
+Deep recurrent neural nets are here to stay. I foresee that in the near future
+we will have a neural net which can generate audio which sounds like someone
+else.