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‘I Don't Believe Deepfakes Should Be Regulated,' Says Man Who Is the Reason Deepfakes Should Be Regulated (reductress.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think you're assuming we're discussing regulating deep fakes (the software), when really everyone is talking about regulating deep fakes (, the use of).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

It's foolish to think you can restrict one and not the other, and it's even more foolish to think our authoritarian governments would do that it they could

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

... This is to say, making it illegal to generate life-like images and videos of celebrities, non-celebrities, and political figures without consent is in no way this doomsday scenario you say.

Defamation and libel are illegal. You can use open-source tools to perform defamation and libel, or you can use those same tools in a way that doesn't constitute defamation and libel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Part of the confusion around regulation, at least in the US, is that movie studios such as Disney REALLY want to be able to use deepfakes of celebrities