Bridging Autoencoders and Media Literacy
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Overview
- Introduction — What are Deepfakes?
- Examples of Malicious Deepfakes
- Autoencoders
- Media Literacy and Detecting Deepfakes
- Wrapping Up
Introduction — What are Deepfakes?
The act of photo manipulation is an old one. It was has been used to colorize old WW1 images, but it has also been used for propaganda; Josef Stalin infamously manipulated photos so that his political opponent Leon Trotsky did not appear in important settings. Photo manipulation has been used for over 100 years to both captivate and deceive viewers.
Moving to the current time period, we consume not only images but also video and audio in our daily lives. The internet has facilitated a dramatic increase in video and audio sharing by third party individuals and organizations, in contrast to fixed TV and radio channels in the past. This is great for gaining new perspectives. However, it has together with innovations in artificial intelligence lead us to a new scary concept: deepfakes.