The Future Will Be Synthesised - Episode 3
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
If anything can be a deepfake, perhaps nothing can be trusted - and politicians can take advantage of the so called "Liars' dividend" by dismissing real media as fake. In satire, deepfakes have already had a controversial impact, targeting politicians, business leaders, and celebrities. Meanwhile, convincing deepfake audio and video have the potential to create a new wave of fraud where faces, voices and bodies can be stolen. These malicious uses of deepfake technology started out targeting celebrities and people in the public eye, but have become a mainstream challenge for cyber security professionals and ordinary individuals whose images have been used without their consent. Deepfakes can be used to defame or discredit people - but on the flip side, the cry of ‘deepfake’ could undermine trust in the use of video evidence in the justice system. What can we do to protect citizens from synthetic media’s malicious uses? And might there be some positive applications for deepfakes in politics? Interviewees: Sam Gregory, Witness; Nina Schick, author; Victor Riparbelli, Synthesia
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi, I'm Henry Ida, and this is seriously from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:44.0 | In part three of the future will be synthesised |
| 0:47.0 | we'll be looking at the grey areas surrounding deep fake's use in politics. |
| 0:51.0 | From absurdist satire to eroding trust in real media, deep fakes have the potential |
| 0:56.2 | to change the way we engage with politics around the world and undermine trust in all media. |
| 1:03.0 | My name is Henry Ida. |
| 1:07.0 | My name is Henry Ida. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm a deep fakes expert and in this series I'm uncovering how |
| 1:16.2 | content generated by artificial intelligence is changing the world we live in. |
| 1:21.1 | In this episode we're going to explore some of the gray areas where deepfakes have been used for political purposes. |
| 1:26.0 | From making you laugh to sowing seeds of doubt in all media there's a lot to cover. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.