The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.
The document specifies that JSOC wants the ability to create online user profiles that “appear to be a unique individual that is recognizable as human but does not exist in the real world,” with each featuring “multiple expressions” and “Government Identification quality photos.”
TheYintoyourYang on
Meh..Reddits been doing it for awhile now.
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postsshortcomments on
Some private entities already tried and it greatly failed the Turing test.
ImportantWords on
I suspect what makes this special is the desire for “social proof”. I hate that term but I think it fits. Right now we have bots, I think everyone knows that, but they are just part of the mob. Nameless, faceless trolls pushing a certain narrative.
Imagine a bot that could be cross referenced. They have an Instagram, Facebook, GitHub commits. Public comments from Grandma wishing them a happy birthday going back to when they were young. They’ve given talks, published papers and their book is a top-10 seller on Amazon for their specific micro-niche.
An imagined expert with fake proof of whatever reality they need.
barnesto2k on
Wants? You mean has been for years.
HammunSy on
why is it becoming too expensive to pay 3rd worlders to do it for you
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The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.
The document specifies that JSOC wants the ability to create online user profiles that “appear to be a unique individual that is recognizable as human but does not exist in the real world,” with each featuring “multiple expressions” and “Government Identification quality photos.”
Meh..Reddits been doing it for awhile now.
🍻
Some private entities already tried and it greatly failed the Turing test.
I suspect what makes this special is the desire for “social proof”. I hate that term but I think it fits. Right now we have bots, I think everyone knows that, but they are just part of the mob. Nameless, faceless trolls pushing a certain narrative.
Imagine a bot that could be cross referenced. They have an Instagram, Facebook, GitHub commits. Public comments from Grandma wishing them a happy birthday going back to when they were young. They’ve given talks, published papers and their book is a top-10 seller on Amazon for their specific micro-niche.
An imagined expert with fake proof of whatever reality they need.
Wants? You mean has been for years.
why is it becoming too expensive to pay 3rd worlders to do it for you
“wants”