Deepfakes: Why Seeing Isn't Believing

Can we truly believe everything we see? Not anymore.

The last few years have seen a rise in “deepfakes” – manipulated videos where one person’s likeness is replaced with another’s, often with the intention of misleading viewers.

Deepfakes rely on a process called “deep learning” – a subset of machine learning – and are created using algorithms that function in a similar way to the human brain. They consume huge amounts of data and teach themselves to recognise patterns within it, all the while critiquing the output to detect flaws and improve techniques.

Whilst there are huge benefits to deep learning (as seen in the development of Google Translate, self-driving cars and image sorting), certain advancements in facial recognition technology serve to undermine the basic principles of objective truth that we take for granted.

Find out why seeing isn’t believing in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

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0:00 Introduction
0:29 CGI
1:03 Deepfakes
1:52 Deep learning
2:36 Facial recognition
3:27 Implications
4:17 Conclusion

[mcserkonov]

Watch the whole ad of a previous video, and I never regretted it ever since.
You deserve more views.

[ImJustABaconhahafuni]

When I hear the word "deepfake", it reminds me of Dame Da Ne.

[delirious_z]

This is the best 5 minutes i ever spent

[ireignkahliajuarez]

It’s like we can’t believe anything anymore, as it’s easy to fake anything. This is truly scary and harmful.

[lazyboi]

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[thisisstooopid]

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You do deserve more views

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[haomakk]

for some reason I love the big BANANA! on the screen, makes it sound like the AI is super excited about recognizing bananas

[kaustubhowmick]

Most underrated YouTube channel on YouTube, I just love the art style and the effort that goes into making a video like this. <3

[AnindoSarker]

How do you make these animations? They look so cool. And the designs and typography are top notch

I try to recommend this channel as much as I can

[dinhphuctran]

This channel is so underated. Every video is such a work of art. Thank you Mike. Amzing work

[bloglivethehighve]

Finally a concise video on this! This should be in schools by now!

[EspeonMistress]

"I will believe it when I see it has taken a whole new meaning."

[jasdanvm]

This appaered to me as an ad in a Kurzgesagt-In a Nutshell video, incredibly well marketed as there's a good similarity in the content, If I had been in a playlist, this could've fool me, just like a Deepfake!
Keep up the good content, you earned a sub.

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BTW great video

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[md.forqanzaki]

Which software did you used for animation?