The deepfake election nightmare hasn’t happened. Singapore still wants to ban them.

ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.world – 77 points –
The deepfake election nightmare hasn’t happened. Singapore still wants to ban them
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Good luck. I'm sure no one will make them elsewhere even if you do prevent it from happening in your country entirely.

I'm all for efforts to make deep fakes (for nonfiction) be required to be labeled and making platforms remove fakes that aren't, but video is no longer a source of truth on its own.

They should look at Audrey Tang's work in Taiwan; a country that has been forced to become a leader in this area due to the threat the technology poses to its sovereignty.

They ban chewing gum and use beating to keep the rabble in line. They're not a real country.

Is there a single non nefarious use case for deepfake technology? I honestly can't think of anything.