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by jimmySixDOF 2158 days ago
> Can you give me a single example...

This suggests you may not have done the research to support your viewpoint with such self assurance.

The increasing sophistication of Deepfakes as a technology concept applied over time is what people are rightly afraid of today.

But even now : (based on some search notes I have from 6 months ago)

[1] Video of Gabon’s long-unseen president Ali Bongo, who was believed in poor health or already dead, was decried as a deepfake by his political opponents and cited as the trigger, a week later, for an unsuccessful coup by the Gabonese military.

[2] Malaysia: Is the political aide viral sex video confession real or a Deepfake?

[3] ISIS 'preparing clip of al-Baghdadi ALIVE' using deepfake propaganda. "An important goal may be to try and rally the ISIS supporters and 'show' that the US is lying"

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/12/top-ai-... [2] https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/06/12/is-the-po...

[3] https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/al-baghdadi-stil...