Face/On

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

Pop, Society & Culture, Culture, Games, Gadgets, News, Internet, Comedy, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Last month, Motherboard reported on a Redditor using deep learning technology to map female celebrities’ faces onto pornographic performers, with startlingly lifelike results. By scanning a bunch of images of a celebrity’s face, the software was able to imagine what they’d look like grafted into a given video—a powerful technology being used in one of the worst possible ways. The technology also opens up the door to a very near future in which we won’t be able to trust video evidence—long the gold standard, at least in the court of public opinion. Someone decided to use this technology for it's absolute worst use: superimposing Nicholas Cage into every film ever made. Jeff and Anthony Face Off in their greatest Cage match yet.

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0:00.0	Anthony, you are packaging up some mail there?
0:03.2	For the purposes of this bit, yes I am.
0:05.0	Let's say that I'm packaging up some mail
0:06.7	to send to our patrons at the secret mail level.
0:09.3	Wow, and in this magical fantasy world
0:11.5	where you're actually doing that,
0:12.8	that mail is super cool and awesome, right?
0:15.2	Yeah, and even in the real world
0:16.7	where we actually do it once a month,
0:18.4	if you become a patron at the secret mail level,
0:20.4	we send you a package every month
0:22.2	that is full of interesting things.
0:23.8	Previously we've sent zines, we've sent pins,
0:25.8	we've sent art prints,
0:27.1	and we have something really amazing coming up
0:29.0	this next month that's patreon.com slash we have concerns.
0:32.5	I guarantee.
0:33.5	I like the way you look.
0:35.0	You guarantee it.
0:36.0	This is we have concerns.
0:37.3	Hi Jeff.
0:38.3	Hi Anthony, Carboni.
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