How to start World War III with (computer) science!

in #technology7 years ago

As promised in my intro post here's a piece on future and AI.

I can easily imagine in far future computers being able to every kind of video imaginable. Like for example, the leader of some country declaring war on another country. Or saying something that would ruin that country's reputation (for a while). Or ruin that leader's reputation. Yeah, in far future...

It turns our that future is pretty near. The research in generative models (neural nets that "generate" stuff, usually text/video/audio) is going at full speed right now. And then regular AI enthusiasts pick the research papers and do those crazy things! Look at this:

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(credit Gene Kogan, see this twitter post)

This is an application of this paper.

Of course this is not there yet, you can clearly see it's a generated content. But how long do you think will it take a bug company to polish this approach enough to be indistinguishable for regular video?

Of course video alone is not enough to fool humans! Oh no! So we're good on this front, right? Not so fast. Listen to this.

Again, you can clearly hear the voices are generated. But pretty soon we won't be able to tell the difference. The company behind this clip will make sure of that (that's their business).

It turns out that in not too distant future we won't be able to trust the videos we see. Ironically enough we'll need AI help to detect frauds. But maybe it can also make us re-thing how our governments are being run? Do we even need presidents? Food for thought.

Take care!

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Mr President if these democrats know so much about health care bills then why didn't Obama make the bill right the first time

Then why are you letting the Republicans put out these Health Care Bills that are "mean" as you say. Obamacare isn't bad for everyone, just fix the part that needs fixing and leave the rest alone. It's all about the big money and we all know it.
Yeah, a healthcare system that will kick millions off healthcare and do nothing to lower premiums (but will give a huge tax break to your rich buddies) is really good for the American public.

Um... would you mind explaining to me how this comment relates to the post? Just curious :)

genekogan Gene Kogan tweeted @ 28 Apr 2017 - 11:41 UTC

my new meat puppet. running #pix2pix live on a webcam https://t.co/wVc5DuCXeG

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