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DeepFaceLive: Live Deep Fake

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> If you have a free computer with 2080TI or better card with 12GB+ VRAM, you can give me remote access to it. I will train 1 model in a month.

Yikes!

You left out "How can I help the project? : I need the computing power to train models.". Seems reasonable that someone who has spare computing power available would offer that to expand the available models.

I don't feel comfortable giving someone remote access to my multi-thousand dollar hardware.

Then don't.

They said "if you have a free computer", meaning one that isn't used.

Also, you can wipe the computer and re-install the OS afterwards.

Finally, whenever you install any kind of software, you are giving someone remote access to your hardware in one form or another.

You can just set it up in vm with passthrough for that card by now I believe. All the cards he's looking for should work fine that way I believe.

They will also use your IP to access whoknowswhat is the bigger issue.

Edit: I’m talking about sharing one’s machine with others in general.

You can also pass the VM's network through a VPN.

We need a facecoin or traincoin or deepcoin

facepalmcoin

I recognize we've all been training to avoid phishing scams and getting taken advantage of, but sometimes a friendly offer is just that. This person is a software developer, if they don't have access to hardware now they will soon, all you are doing by helping is expediting the process.

A 2080ti makes around $5.50 per day in ethereum, so about 30*5.5=165 usd to train a face model.

I don't get why you wouldn't just ask for donations, you can rent a GPU on Paperspace for less than a dollar per hour.

Looking at the examples page.

A possible application which is not about completely faking identity, Deep Live Makeup / Deep Live Haircut / Deep Live Dress might be something people will pay money for.

There are even more ethical use cases, Say a disabled person(I am) on a creator platforms who wish to defeat the algorithms which suppress videos from the disabled or similarly those who wish to defeat racial bias.

In a fair world we wouldn't needing such hacks for equality, But we all know the reality.

Or say those with accessibility issues who cannot put the physical effort in creating videos. I've been tracking 'Deep Fake video generating SW for ethical usage'[1] on my problem validation platform.

[1] https://needgap.com/problems/20-deep-fake-video-generating-s...

> the algorithms which suppress videos from the disabled

I would be interested in reading more about this.

There you go: https://slate.com/technology/2019/12/tiktok-disabled-users-v...

For a second I was thinking YouTube was doing this. Just move out off tiktok.

YouTube's algorithm will probably treat you the same way every now and again for the general public, but maybe that's because the general public doesn't want to watch that type of content?

Your close subscribers and people with interest will still get your videos.

And if you're self conscious about your physical appearance, your can always become a VTuber or something like that.

YouTube will do it's own set of nasty things to creators, as we can see on an almost weekly basis on the first page here. Also we'll never know what kind of stuff it will do in years to come. So "move from platform X to platform Y" may be a decent tactical advice, but in a long run it is better to suppose that they are all the same.

True, we just need to keep in mind that there's not "best platform", just a "lest worst platform"

In this context, the terms “best” or “worst” have to be measured on a number of different axes.

What is best on one axis might fare poorly on a different axis.

So, there is unlikely to be one single best platform for anything, although there may be many horrible platforms in many different ways.

Video GATTACA?

Makes sense.

Online dating will become a lot more akward

Not dating myself, but from what I've heard this will only replace all those fake accounts with stolen pictures.

What's even worse is that if you ever lost a phone or camera with semi-nude pictures then people are probably scamming other people using your images and fake accounts on OF.

They already play stolen videos of people using a virtual webcam interface. Manycams is the tool of the trade.

Edit: changed can to webcam

What is a virtual can interface?

s/can/cam

I'm sure it's used to display virtual cans as well. ;)

Your computer can use software output as a webcam source instead of a hardware device.

Check out the author's Arnold Schwarzenegger video call example: https://www.tiktok.com/@arnoldschwarzneggar/video/6995538782...

Recruitment interviews are about to get interesting.

In a sort of odd way it's an interesting playing field leveler, attractive people are often given more leeway in life. Who's going to complain to HR if I turn up to work and I don't actually look like the lead man from a black and white film.

Well, that settles it then.

Without the help of some detection tools, we can no longer trust if what we see on screen is real.

Oh wow, that is impressive. I did not know we where here yet :0 Thanks for sharing.

This is gonna bring celebrity impersonation to a whole new level. Also it'll make me trust my eyes even less than before...

I can imagine this getting very popular in the online streaming community. Like V-Tube but taken to the next level.

I'm sure it will become especially popular amongst Hottub streamers and the like who already use realtime touch ups

It would be a riot if the Margot Robbie examples were her Harley Quinn character.

We are headed toward a verification crisis: we will not be able to know whether what we see is real or not.

Does anyone know how we know anything in a future where everything can be simulated real-time?

The laws of physics and empirical knowledge may make a comeback!

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