The 'deep fake' at the service of the citizen

Do you usually lie when you talk on the phone? Well, maybe the bargain is going to run out. During confinement, video call applications have become popular that were previously only used for work matters or very distant relationships, and after confinement, their use may remain at the top.

This implies that you will no longer be able to say that you are walking out the door when you are late for an appointment and you are still in your pajamas and tousled. Nor that he is on his way home when he is at the door of the disco. Or that he is not with his lover, when he is. The small and big lies that support coexistence and that are based on non-visibility may end up disappearing.

This is where deep fake comes in , a discipline that can be a threat to democratic societies but can come in handy for our daily evils. Through these techniques, based on artificial intelligence ( deep learning for more signs), you can create false audiovisual images that seem real.

For example, you could create a totally plausible video of the Prime Minister saying a silly thing he has not said. These hyper-realistic but false videos are very dangerous in societies so exposed to fake news and so unwilling to corroborate the veracity of the information they receive through social networks. The process for making deep fakes is long and complex, but as technology advances, it could soon be useful to create false videos that we could use in response to video calls, especially when we want to lie or we have the curlers on. In some video call applications you can already put on a background of tropical palm trees, although it still does not strain. But applications like Avatarify are already working on creating avatars of ourselves in video calls. Don't get caught!