BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
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Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#2Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission) so my b.s detector is in the red on this one.
If in fact the BBC did do this (and that's a BIG if) that would be a huge story and a major breach of the BBC's editorial policies.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#3What happens if the fake looks like a real person.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#4Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission) so my b.s detector is in the red on this one. If in fact the BBC did do this (and that's a BIG if) that would be a huge story and a major breach of the BBC's editorial policies.
It seems consistent with their policies regarding anonymity and safety.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#5Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission) so my b.s detector is in the red on this one. If in fact the BBC did do this (and that's a BIG if) that would be a huge story and a major breach of the BBC's editorial policies.
They often hide interviewees faces; this is just a different method. As long as they disclosed this fact, I don't see what the problem is.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#6Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission) so my b.s detector is in the red on this one. If in fact the BBC did do this (and that's a BIG if) that would be a huge story and a major breach of the BBC's editorial policies.
1. The New Scientist is a respectable science magazine from the UK, there's no reason not to believe the story.
2. I think you have misunderstood what they did. People often request that their identities are hidden when they are interviewed by news organizations. This is usually done by filming them in silhouette, and sometimes altering their voices. This is no different, except that the AI "mask" gives the viewer a different face to look at. It's not controversial or a breach of any policies.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#7This seems to have a glaring flaw in that a fake AI generated person could have a real-world doppelganger, which a tyrannical government could mistakenly arrest, or worse.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#8What happens if the fake looks like a real person.
Same as what would happen if a real person looked like another real person, I presume.
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#9This seems to have a glaring flaw in that a fake AI generated person could have a real-world doppelganger, which a tyrannical government could mistakenly arrest, or worse.
It's a novel approach, but like you've said I think the potential negatives far outweighs the positives. Perhaps they could use obviously fake faces with weird proportions and features?
Idk, this seems like a case of using cool flashy tech because it's cool and flashy and not because it's better than the alternative (using an actor to portray the subject, blurring or blacking out the subject's face).
Re: BBC documentary used face-swapping AI to hide protesters' identities
#10Can anyone provide an alternative source please? I've done a quick search and can't find any other sources reporting on this apart from 2x New Scientist links which are both pay-walled (as is the single Internet Archive submission) so my b.s detector is in the red on this one. If in fact the BBC did do this (and that's a BIG if) that would be a huge story and a major breach of the BBC's editorial policies.
...so my b.s detector is in the red on this one
Why? A 2020 documentary called Welcome to Chechnya looked at repression of LGBT Chechens and was the first documentary to use "advanced facial replacement techniques using artificial intelligence and novel visual effects technology so the viewer could see real faces displaying real emotions while still protecting the identities of the speakers" [1]
The documentary was released by HBO Films. The BBC also broadcast the documentary.