Deep Fakes and Generative Reality

Site . The Eerie AI World of Deepfake Music (theguardian.com) 42 Posted by msmash on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:47AM from the closer-look dept. Artificial intelligence is being used to create new songs seemingly performed by Frank Sinatra and other dead stars. 'Deepfakes' are cute tricks -- but they could change pop for ever. From a report: "It's Christmas time! It's hot tub time!" sings Frank Sinatra. At least, it sounds like him. With an easy swing, cheery bonhomie, and understated brass and string flourishes, this could just about pass as some long lost Sinatra demo. Even the voice -- that rich tone once described as "all legato and regrets" -- is eerily familiar, even if it does lurch between keys and, at times, sounds as if it was recorded at the bottom of a swimming pool. The song in question not a genuine track, but a convincing fake created by "research and deployment company" OpenAI, whose Jukebox project uses artificial ...

A deep fake is a computer generated likeness of another person does using Machine Learning algorithms. They were made illegal sometime in the past in the USA. I don't know if they are legal now, but the creators of South Park just used them in a mainstream internet show. Many deep fakes are pornagraphic in nature with celebreties being targets of their creations. This blog will examine them and their impact on a Generated Reality.

Site . Meant to generate images of bloggers to protect their identities for stories that might cause issues.

Slashdot Story . I had chance to watch some of it. I thought deep fakes were illegal in the USA, and I did a bit of searching. But I guess with parody rights it is a Freedom of Speech question.

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