Re: Deepfakes.
Did you watch the regulatory forum on it? While a lot of the people there understood the system that allowed such technology, and the moral or social implications, some did not.
"So should we ban them"? What, maths?
"Should we stop people"? What, using maths?
"So this technology is dangerous"? What maths and drawing pictures?
Yes, deepfakes are horrible used in the wrong way (most ways with the exception of proper consensual movie/film/art production). But so are pens, paint and maths. All those things (fake images) were done since images were a thing. Before then it was fake stories around a campfire. Yes, the speed and quality have changed, but the fundamental problem is the same, not different.
Sadly, the same here, the fundamental problem is any option for a function on a browser, can be used for good or bad. Plaintext only?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
