The entirety of deep fake technology was developed mostly in mainstream academia using "raising awareness" as an excuse. Paper after paper, model after model, repository after repository. Every single time the excuse was "if we don't do it, someone else will". This was going on for years and the explanation is absolutely laughable. Without countless human-hours put into this by academia, it's pretty obvious that this technology would be nowhere near its current state. Maybe some select military research agencies could develop something analogous. Currently this is accessible to literally every crook and prankster with internet access.Also, the notion that "raising awareness" is going to prevent deep fakes from being used in practice shows complete and utter disconnect from reality. Most people who are skeptical are already aware how imminently fakeable all the media really is. Most people who still are unaware will remain so, no matter how many GitHub repositories some dipshits will publish.
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