🧐02 Deep Deepfake

Lead on this creation: Carla

DESCRIPTION: MAKE a deep deepfake (or series of) and post on discord and upload copies to your folder on the class google drive. INCLUDE a text file (caption on discord) that describes your process and the applications used. See my example below.

And what do we mean by deep deepfake? Go deep into the process. Compare and contrast results. Deepfakes are easy to make these days. Choose an aspect that you want to push. Is it content? resolution? aesthetics? humor or absurdity? or something else? The choice is yours, just dive deep into it!

BE PREPARED to discuss this creation in class or on discord next week.

COURSE NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR DIGITAL FILES: YearSemester_CourseTitle_NameOfActivity_FirstLastName.fileformat Ex: 24FA_AI_MessingAround_KaraBillingsley.doc

INSPIRATION:

In this portrait (circa 1865) of President Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's head was superimposed onto the body of John C. Calhoun in an earlier portrait. (Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/political-photo-manipulation-in-history)

DEFINITION: The term deepfake combines deep, taken from AI deep-learning technology (a type of machine learning that involves multiple levels of processing), and fake, addressing that the content is not real. The term came to be used for synthetic media in 2017 when a Reddit moderator created a subreddit called “deepfakes” and began posting videos that used face-swapping technology to insert celebrities’ likenesses into existing pornographic videos. (source: https://www.britannica.com/technology/deepfake)

EXAMPLES:

Deepfake apps used in this example:

AKOOL Swapface.org photohero.ai myheritage.com

A few other deepfake applications that I haven’t tried yet:

Deepfakefx.com - FREE 3-day trial https://docs.facefusion.io/ - have to configure for your system and install the application with a python script https://www.deepswap.ai/ https://character.ai/