“Watch — very closely — as an ambitious group of A.I. engineers and machine-learning specialists try to mimic reality with such accuracy that you may not be able to tell what’s real from what’s not.” —Source: The New York Times
WHY THIS MATTERS:
As a proof of concept, The New York Times and a team of engineers set out to create a deepfake video depicting TV personality Joe Rogan announcing his run for presidency—and prove that the eerie technology to dupe millions of people might be closer than we think.