THERE ARE NEW APPS POPPING UP AND ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY
THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO ESSENTIALLY USE SOMEONE'S FACE INTO VIDEO
THAT THEY HAVE NOT FILMED.
SOMETIMES THAT VIDEO CAN BE SEXUAL AND EXPLICIT IN NATURE.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE NAME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AND I DO NOT
WISH TO DRAW PEOPLE TO IT, BUT I DO WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
HOW MUCH THIS IS ADVANCED TO THE POINT WHERE THE VIDEO LOOKS
INCREDIBLY REAL AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHETHER
OR NOT IT IS FAKE.
ACCORDING TO MOTHERBOARD THAT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB REPORTING
ON
THIS:
THIS TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALLY RELIES ON VIDEO, PHOTOS, STUFF
THAT YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND YOU FEED
THAT INFORMATION OR THAT DATA THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGY AND THEN
THE SYSTEM CAN'T ESSENTIALLY LEARN THE PERSON'S FACIAL
MOVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN THEY JUST PUT INTO PORN.
INNOCENT PERSON, NEVER TAKEN A NAKED PICTURE IN HIS OR HER
LIFE, PORN.
THIS WAS NOT IN THE ARTICLES.
THE FIRST LAYER IS YOU DO IT TO CELEBRITIES DOTS LEAST
SURPRISING THING IN THE WORLD, AND WE ARE NOT UNAWARE THAT YOU
CAN LOOK IT UP, SECOND THING, AS I WAS READING THE FIRST ARTICLE
FOR MOTHERBOARD I WAS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT TO PEOPLE IN
THEIR OWN LIVES AND OF COURSE THEY ARE DOING ITS PEOPLE IN
THEIR OWN LIVES, JUST GRABBING PICTURES FROM INSTAGRAM OR OTHER
PLACES AND USING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE PORN WITH SOMEONE THEY
KNOW NOW WHAT IS NOT IN ARTICLES IS I JUST REALIZED AS YOU WERE
TALKING, THEY CAN THEN TAKE THEIR OWN PICTURE, PUT INTO THE
GUY IF IT'S GOING IN THAT DIRECTION AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN THEY HAVE A VIDEO OF THEMSELVES HAVING SEX WITH THIS
PERSON AND IT MIGHT BE A PERSON YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT MIGHT
BE A CREEPER THAT YOU MET ONCE OR AT A BAR OR WHEREVER, AT A
CONFERENCE.
ANYBODY CAN DO IT NOW AND YOU DO NOT NEED A COMPUTER BACKGROUND.
THIS HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE
DISCUSSING IT HERE TODAY.
EXACTLY.
THE REASON WHY HAS IMPLICATIONS IS BECAUSE OVER THE LAST MONTH
THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH THAT IT LOOKS INCREASINGLY
CONVINCING AND SO HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT A PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO FEATURING A SPECIFIC
PERSON, WHETHER IT IS THIS LIBERTY OR A PRIVATE
CITIZEN IS REAL OR FAKE AND IT COULD HAVE REAL
RAMIFICATIONS TOWARD PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THEIR EMPLOYERS YOU MIGHT SEE THIS VIDEO OR COME ACROSS IT AND
DECIDE I AM NOT GOING TO HIRE THIS PERSON BECAUSE OF HIS OR
HER PAST AND LET'S KEEP IT REAL, THIS IS MOSTLY GOING TO
NEGATIVELY IMPACT WOMEN AND RIGHT NOW, I FEEL LIKE ONE OF
THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN AMERICA IS THE INABILITY TO
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN REAL NEWS AND PROPAGANDA, FAKE NEWS,
COMPLETELY FABRICATED NEWS ARTICLES.
IF WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME DOING THAT, WHO IS TO SAY
AMERICANS OR PEOPLE IN GENERAL, NOT JUST AMERICANS WOULDN'T
HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME FIGURING OUT WHETHER OR NOT
PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IS REAL OR FAKE.
YOU ARE HEARING THE STORY AND YOU MIGHT HAVE READ THE ARTICLES
AND WE WILL PUT THE LINKS DOWN BELOW, BUT THE PERSON WATCHING
IT WILL NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE BACKGROUND AND BY THE WAY,
ANOTHER THING THAT EMPLOYERS MIGHT DO IS I DON'T WANT TO
TAKE CHANCES.
IT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE TRUE BUT I AM NOT TAKING ANY
CHANCES SO THEN YOU JUST RUINED TO THAT PERSON'S LIFE.
MAYBE THAT IS AN EXTREME EXAMPLE AND NOT EVERYBODY'S LIFE IS
GOING TO BE RUINED BUT THERE IS ALSO THE THING THAT IT IS
DEEPLY DISTURBING FOR PEOPLE.
THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF HOW PEOPLE CAN REACT TO IT.
I REMEMBER ALL THE WAY BACK, LOOK, IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE
INTERNET CAME OUT WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE DEAD?
THEY TOOK CELEBRITY HEADS AND PUT ON NEW BODIES.
THAT IS AS OLD AS TIME BUT NOW THIS IS SOPHISTICATED THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO IN A SECOND, NOT PORN, BUT I KNEW
A GUY WHO HAD TAKEN MY PICTURE AND PUT IT ONTO NAKED BODIES.
ME, I DO NOT CARE.
I HAVE THICK SKIN, HAVE AT IT, WHAT DO I CARE?
THAT IS YOUR MIND, YOUR BUSINESS, I DO NOT CARE.
DO YOU, BOO.
LITERALLY I GUESS IT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LIKE ME WHO WOULD BE
MORTIFIED, DEVASTATED BY THIS AND SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO DO
THIS KIND OF STUFF LULZ AND MEN ARE MEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO
THINGS AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IT IS NOT LULZ YOU JUST HAVE TO
BE COGNIZANT THAT IT COULD HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES.
I LOOKED INTO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THE PEOPLE
WHO LOVE THIS TECHNOLOGY.
I WAS READING CERTAIN FORMS WHERE THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT IT, CONVERSING ABOUT IT AND YOU ARE RIGHT IN THAT
YES, IT IS GOING TO IMPACT CELEBRITIES.
THAT IS ONE THING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ABOUT
PRIVATE CITIZENS THAT THEY KNOW IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES?
SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING THIS COULD BE USED FOR BRIBERY.
OR EXTORTION.
WE CAN GO AFTER CERTAIN PEOPLE AND TELL THEM HEY, IF YOU DO NOT
WANT THIS VIDEO OUT THERE, THIS VERY CONVINCING
PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO, MAYBE YOU PAY UP OR DO X, Y, AND Z.
THERE IS THE ISSUE AND ALSO SOME WORRY THAT THERE COULD BE
POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR SOME POLITICIANS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IMPLICATIONS BUT AS YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT IT I CAME TO ANOTHER CONCLUSION WHICH IS
TRUMP IS GOING TO BE THRILLED ABOUT THIS.
AND SO IS R. KELLY.
THEY CAN NOW SAY, THAT WASN'T US.
THEY AI-ED THAT THING.
THAT IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL NEGATIVE OUTCOME OF THIS.
THEY CAN DENY THE AUTHENTICITY OF AN ACTUAL REAL VIDEO.
THOSE ARE HUGE IMPLICATIONS BUT LET'S SAY THE VIDEO
PERSON AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE IMPLICATIONS
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE PERCEIVE
THINGS NOT JUST ONLINE, BUT IN A LOT OF PARTS OF OUR LIVES
SO HERE'S A VIDEO OF THEM DOING IT IN REGARDS TO GEORGE BUSH.
JUST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, JUST WATCH.
AS WE CAN SEE, WE ARE ABLE TO GENERATE A REALISTIC AND
CONVINCING REENACTMENT RESULT.
HE MOVES HIS FACE AND IT LOOKS LIKE BUSH IS MOVING
HIS FACE, TALK, ETC.
AND I'M IMPRESSED THAT THEY GOT
SEBASTIAN GORKA TO PLAY THAT ROLE IN THE VIDEO.
HE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE HIM.
THE WIDER POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.
NOW YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, IF IT IS REAL OR NOT AND BY
POLITICAL, I DO NOT JUST MEAN IN THE SPIRIT POLITICS BUT FOR
SOCIETAL, CULTURAL, ETC.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF A CRIME.
NO, YOU DO NOT.
SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE AI-ED IT AND NOW THEY CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT
IS
ALMOST UNDETECTABLE AND SO NOW YOU WILL NEVER KNOW AND SO
THAT HAS SO MANY IMPLICATIONS, IT IS HARD TO WRAP YOUR HEAD
AROUND IT.
I AM NOT A TECH GENIUS AT ALL BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME
FORM OF TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE DETERMINE THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THIS VIDEO, RIGHT?
AND I'M SURE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING OUT THERE ALREADY
OR SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED, BUT WHAT
WORRIES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING IS THAT IN THIS NEW AGE OF THE
TECHNOLOGICAL AND THAT ADVANCEMENTS, NOBODY REALLY
GETS TO DECIDE WHAT THE REPUTATION IS.
IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW WELL BEHAVED YOU ARE HOW GOOD OF
A PERSON YOU ARE DIE DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'VE NEVER
TAKEN A NEW BUT ON YOUR LIFE ARE DONE PORN, IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU ARE AN HONEST PERSON.
THEY CAN PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE ABOUT YOU.
SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO DECIDE WHAT YOUR REPUTATION IS AND THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT
THE TRUTH REALLY IS, AND THAT IS THE PART THAT WORRIES ME.
NOT JUST OF OUR PUBLIC FIGURES OR WHATEVER, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, PRIVATE CITIZENS LIKE THE POWERLESS.
YOU KNOW, THESE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WHO MIGHT HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE I THINK
PUBLIC FIGURES, IT IS NOT THAT YOU SIGN UP FOR IT, BUT
ONCE YOU ARE A PUBLIC FIGURE, THERE IS SOME ELEMENT OF
ABUSE THAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO DEAL WITH, RIGHT?
IT IS NOT RIGHT, BUT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT BUT NOW DOING IT
TO PRIVATE CITIZENS IS ANOTHER LAYER AND LOOK, ONE MORE THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL EVER HAVE POSITIVE REPERCUSSIONS AND
I IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF IT
AT SOME POINT BUT IN THE BEGINNING AT A MINIMUM WHO
IS GOING TO USE A?
BAD GUYS.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PORN, I AM TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU CAN
HAVE AN OPINION THAT IS VERY JUSTIFIABLE THAT ANYONE WHO IS
DOING THIS IS A BAD GUY, BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT, IT IS NOT
LIKE LET'S TALK ABOUT IN THE POLITICAL SPHERE.
IS NOT LIKE BERNIE SANDERS IS GOING TO TAKE VIDEO OF
SOMEBODY'S FACE AND THEN PUT THEM IN A COMPROMISING
POSITION AND PRETEND IT'S A REAL.
THE GOOD GUYS ARE NEVER GOING TO DO THAT, BUT THE BAD GUYS WILL
IMMEDIATELY DO IT AND THEY WILL DO IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER
UNTIL PEOPLE CATCH ON BUT BY THE TIME THAT PEOPLE CATCH ON THEY
WILL HAVE RUINED HOWEVER MANY CAREERS.
AND ALSO, IF WE CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN'T TELL
WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S FAKE, THERE'S A SCANDAL INVOLVING
ACTUAL EVIDENCE AND PEOPLE JUST DON'T BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S FAKE.
IN SOME WAYS IT WILL FIRST DAMN THE INNOCENT AND THEN AT
SOME POINT, IT WILL PROTECT THE GUILTY SO IT IS A LOSE LOSE IN
THOSE WAYS AND I KNOW IF YOU ARE A YOUNG GUY YOU ARE
THINKING IT IS NOT A LOSE LOSE, YOU ARE THRILLED ABOUT IT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT
THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE PERSON YOU ARE DOING IT TO THE
THEY DO THINK ABOUT IT AND THEY DO NOT CARE.
I MEAN --
MAYBE THEY GET FOR THEIR PLEASURE FROM THAT, I DO NOT
KNOW BUT IT DOES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
NOW
IT IS UNLEASHED ONTO THE WORLD.