RESEARCHERS FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND GERMANY HAVE COME
UP WITH A WAY TO GET POLITICIANS TO SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT THEM TO
SAY.
THEY DO THIS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND IT IS NOT
ACTUALLY THE POLITICIAN SAYING WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SAY, BUT
THEY'VE COME UP WITH A 3-D COMPUTERIZED WAY TO HAVE A
POLITICIANíS IMAGE SAY ANY POLITICAL STATEMENT, ANYTHING
YOU WANT.
THEY USED ADVANCED FACIAL RECOGNITION.
IT LOOKS AT
ABOUT 15 SECONDS OF ANY FACE IN A VIDEO AND CREATES A 3-D MODEL
OF THAT FACE IN REAL-TIME.
THEN THEY CAN MANIPULATE THAT FACE TO
SAY WHATEVER ANYONE WANTS.
I HAVE A VIDEO
DEMONSTRATING THIS.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
TAKE A QUICK LOOK.
THAT'S INSANE.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY ARE SAYING THE WORDS THAT THE OTHER
GUYíS SAYING.
THEYíRE ALSO MIMICKING THE FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS, SO NOW YOU CAN'T TRUST ANY VIDEO.
FOR
EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW THIS MIGHT NOT BE ME.
SOMEBODY COULD COME
IN AND DOCTOR A VIDEO, AND IT'S LIKE THE OLDEST EXCUSE IN THE
BOOK.
ON TWITTER THEY ARE ALWAYS LIKE, ìSOMEONE HACKED INTO MY
ACCOUNT.î NO ONE IS DOING THAT.
VERY RARELY DO YOU HAVE A
TWITTER ACCOUNT THAT IS ACTUALLY HACKED INTO, BUT IT IS
THE MOST COMMON EXCUSE.
NOW ONLINE THE EXCUSE WILL BE,
ìOH NO, SOMEONE HACKED INTO MY FACE.î APPARENTLY THEY
CAN, BUT FOR 15 SECOND INCREMENTS, AND IT IS
NOT PERFECT.
IT TURNS OUT PUTIN ALMOST NEVER SMILES, SO
WHEN THEY HAVE HIM SMILE, IT LOOKS TOTALLY ARTIFICIAL.
BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY GOOD.
YOU SEE TRUMP DOING THIS
AND BUSH DOING THAT, AND THEN SAYING THE WORDS COMING
OUT OF THE OTHER PERSON'S MOUTH.
IT'S AMAZING.
I WORRY ABOUT HUMANITY BECAUSE OF ADVANCEMENTS IN
TECHNOLOGY LIKE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY PLAN ON
USING THIS FOR, BUT I KNOW I COULD DEFINITELY BE ABUSED QUITE
A BIT.
WE LIVE IN A DAY AND AGE WERE PEOPLE WILL READ
SATIRICAL ARTICLES FROM WELL KNOWN SATIRICAL WEBSITES LIKE THE
ONION AND POST THOSE STORIES AS IF THEY ARE A REAL NEW STORY.
I HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE POSTING SOMETHING LIKE
THIS JUST OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY POSTED AN ARTICLE
ABOUT FIDEL CASTRO GIVING A SPEECH ABOUT HOW AWESOME BERNIE
SANDERS IS.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S A REAL NEW STORY.
NO ONE ELSE REPORTED IT.
IT CAME FROM A COMPLETELY
SATIRICAL WEBSITE, BUT THAT IS THE THING.
PEOPLE MIGHT
NOT KNOW.
PEOPLE MIGHT BE DUPED INTO THINKING CERTAIN THINGS.
THAT CYCLE OF MISINFORMATION CONTINUES ONLINE AND THAT
IS WHY I WORRY ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND NOW THEY CAN TAKE FIDEL CASTRO AND MAKE HIM ACTUALLY SAY IT.
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
YOU SEE THAT?
BERNIE SANDERS IS A COMMUNIST.
I THINK THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE - OH MY GOD, THEY ALREADY DID
IT TO HILLARY CLINTON BECAUSE SHE IS BASICALLY ACCUSING
SANDERS OF SIMILAR THINGS.
THEY PROBABLY DID
THAT TO HER WHEN SHE WAS SUPPORTING THE PANAMA TRADE
AGREEMENT AND THE BANKRUPTCY BILL FOR THE BANKS.
SHE NEVER SAID ANY OF THAT STUFF.
NO, THEY PROBABLY HAD THIS A LONG TIME AGO.
IT WAS GERMAN RESEARCHERS MANIPULATING HER FACE.