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China has a flourishing market for deepfakes that clone the dead. The same technologies are being used by Chinese people to make replicas of themselves, their children, and famous public figures. (www.technologyreview.com)
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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's not creepy

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Depending on how it's implemented, it might very well be one of the non-creepy uses. As long as it isn't taken to extremes, being able to have a chance to say goodbye to your loved one could be therapeutic. Or to see them once a year during the Ghost Festival to help keep their memory alive.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

It does have high creepy potential (all deepfakes do), but I can understand the appeal. Make sure you take some nice videos of the people you love, and let them take some of you. Death doesn't always come with a warning, and you don't want to be wishing you had some recordings.

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder how long it will be before we see people purposely create these so they can influence their descendants. There might be a future where people have "relationships" with a collection of long dead people.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It'll be fun seeing LLMs have control over whether or not descendants get access to the family trust fund...

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

AIs controlling money is the application that scares me the most, honestly, not weapons. It's flexible and attached to every section of life by design; there is no such thing as sandboxing.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 6 months ago

If there is one thing the Chinese government does well it is law enforcement. If you make a deep fake that isn't in line with the public narrative you disappear.