Threats by s0ciEty to DeepFake.

If you remember my previously posted blogs, I talked about how deep fake works. Now that we know  how well it works and how quickly it is becoming near flawless. DeepFake is going to pose a real threat to the society. There could be multiple times where you just can’t trust even videos any more and though there might be some way to find out if something is actually DeepFaked or not, that method is not going to last long, the technology is going to fill every hole in their system. There was a video of Obama and Mark Zuckerberg. While the ex-president was commenting on Trump, Mark Zuckerberg was admitting that Facebook’s true goal is to manipulate and exploit its users, the amount of deepfaked stuff on the internet is seriously convincing and made on a rapidly growing amount. According to a research by a company called Deeptrace, there were 7,964 DeepFaked movies online at the start of 2019; nine months later, that number had risen to 14,678. Since then it is still learning, developing more and more. DeepFake material is rapidly increasing on the internet. While remarkable, today's DeepFake technology has grown so much that it  can look the exact same if compared with real video footage through a naked eye. But, yet it’s not there yet… As there are some things like, overlapping hairs, glasses, or anything that goes over the face, the A.I. fails to mask them so the face looks jittery. Yet,  DeepFakes, according to experts, will soon be indistinguishable from actual pictures. “Deep fakes were unstable and flickery in January 2019,” according to Hany Farid, a UC Berkeley professor and DeepFake specialist. “I've never seen anything like how quickly they're moving nine months later. This is only the beginning.” We've arrived at a crossroads. DeepFakes have the potential to evolve from an Internet curiosity to a widespread political and social force in the months and years ahead. To prepare for the future, society must act today. DeepFakes have begun to migrate from these dark corners of the internet to the political realm, where the potential for mayhem is much higher. It doesn't take much imagination to see the damage that may be done if whole communities are given fake videos that they mistake for genuine. Imagine DeepFake footage showing a politician bribing or sexually assaulting a woman shortly before an election, or military committing crimes against civilians in another country. Anyone, including state-sponsored actors, political parties, and lone individuals, may make such material due of the technology's ubiquitous accessibility.In a recent report, The Brookings Institution grimly summed up the amount of social  and political dangers that would DeepFakes pose: “distorting democratic discourse; manipulating elections; eroding trust in institutions; weakening journalism; exacerbating social divisions; undermining public safety; and inflicting hard-to-repair damage on the reputation of prominent individuals, including elected officials and candidates for office.” Hani Farid a technologist expert shares his views saying “If we can't believe the videos, the audios, the image, the information that is gleaned from around the world, that is a serious national security risk.”