There is no way to determine who or what is real
According to Tom Graham, CEO of Metaphysic, the days of being able to tell if something is real by looking at a photo or video are long gone.
In today’s TED Talk, along with TED Show host Chris Anderson, he showcased Metaphysic’s signature “deepfake” technology. It allows you to create fake animated videos of people using your own voice, caricatures and sayings. At his TED2023: Possibility in Vancouver, Canada, he placed Anderson’s face on a guest’s body and displayed the combined image in real time on the big screen.
The point is to show that this deepfake technology is progressing rapidly, and that even if Graham shuts down his company today, it’s so tempting that it would happen quickly like a big wave. bottom.
Graham said a new set of institutions would be needed to examine what authentic media is.
His outfit made him famous for creating a fake version of Top Gun: Maverick actor Tom Cruise. has promoted the popularization of surreal synthetic media through its performances.
“At Metaphysic, we specialize in creating artificially generated content that looks exactly like reality. We take real-world data. You can create content that looks very realistic with precision, and it’s a great example of how AI can be inspired by the natural performance of humans, with faces coming to the top.”
He showed a new video of a fake Tom Cruise and also a video of a fake Aloe Black singing Wake Me Up When It’s All Over by musician Avicii. The video showed Black singing in different languages, never having actually sung the song. Metaphysic’s AI created the video.
“In the future, everyone will be able to speak any language and it will look completely natural. And this content is getting easier and easier to create. It will scale to make everyone the protagonist of their own content on the internet,” he said.
Anderson pointed out the downsides, such as fake photos of Trump being arrested and pornography that uses someone else’s face on the body of an adult entertainer.
“Personally, we make stuff like this, but worry, right? Worry is the right instinct that everyone has. How can we influence a future that spirals in this direction?”
