59: The Science of Deepfakes

Is truth dead in a world without video evidence? That’s just one of the questions we cover in this week’s episode on Deepfakes. This face swapping technology is still young, but it’s set to change the world... You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon: http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References and Further Reading https://youtu.be/OCLaeBAkFAY https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/deepfake-slang-definition-examples https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/13/what-are-deepfakes-and-how-can-you-spot-them https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kz4amx/fsgan-program-makes-it-even-easier-to-make-deepfakes https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/technology/fake-videos-deepfakes.html https://www.creativelive.com/blog/tbt-photo-manipulation-before-photoshop/ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/science/it-may-look-authentic-heres-how-to-tell-it-isnt.html http://iisjoa.org/sites/default/files/iisjoa/2017/PDF/11.%20Jitendra%20Sharma%20&%20Rohita%20Sharma.pdf http://www.alteredimagesbdc.org/national-geographic/ https://www.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/cs4001/history.pdf https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/calr107&div=51&id=&page= https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08685 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8683164 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicephore-Niepce https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83262/how-photo-retouching-worked-photoshop https://www.britannica.com/technology/photography Follow the Sci Guys @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth sciguys.co.uk