When it comes to the nonconsensual stitching of women’s faces into porn videos, it turns out Reddit has finally had enough.
On Feb. 7, the company banned the subreddit known as r/deepfakes. The community, which had gathered over 80,000 subscrib…
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A guide to ‘deepfakes,’ the internet’s latest moral crisis
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Where there’s innovation, there’s masturbation — at least in one dark corner of the internet, where nearly 80,000 people have gathered to share fabricated videos of celebrity women having sex and Nicolas Cage uncovering the Ark of the Covenant.
These are “deepfakes,” a new kind of video featuring realistic face-swaps. In short, a computer program finds common ground between two faces and stitches one over the other. If the source footage is good enough, the transformation is nearly seamless.
The technology is relatively easy to use, which has created an enthusiast community on Reddit, where users compare notes and swap their latest work: “Emma Watson sex tape demo ;-),” “Lela Star x Kim Kardashian,” and “Giving Putin the Trump face” among them. Read more…
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For some people, the future of technology is synonymous with a boundless realm of opportunities.
For others it’s a Black Mirror-inspired nightmare fest, where humanity is just one step away from bringing about its own, possibly robot-induced destruction.
And for others still, it simply means face swapping the hell out of Nic Cage so it looks like he starred in every movie ever.
Indiana Jones → Nic Cage face swap, via deep learninghttps://t.co/ZfPUMfjFiZ pic.twitter.com/Kmq4HZOcwn
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