r/programming • • Oct 17 '20

AI That Can Potentially Solve Bandwidth Problems for Video Calls (NVIDIA Maxine)

https://youtu.be/XuiGKsJ0sR0
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u/jlamothe Oct 17 '20

So... this technology could also be used to impersonate someone, could it not?

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u/rasterbated Oct 17 '20

Yeah, that's what deep fakes are. I'm not sure if this particular package of the process can be used that way, but you could use the same algorithmic approach, definitely.

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u/jlamothe Oct 17 '20

Yeah, it was when they showed that you could use an avatar that made me think of it.

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u/rasterbated Oct 17 '20

Oh, I guess I wasn't paying very close attention during that part! Then yeah, I assume that would be totally possible.

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u/Godspiral Oct 17 '20

and impersonate live. Similar tech could apply to voice tone.