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Taylor Swift & Deep Fakes
How Tech Can Undermine Reality and What We Can Do About It
Author's Note: No part of this article, nor any of the words you see or hear spoken in my video were created, edited, or suggested by any AI platform. I did use Grammarly as a spellchecker and some might consider that tool to be AI.
For the 100th episode of my newsletter, I wanted to write about something important, entertaining, and timely. After all, one of the greatest benefits (and honors) of being a tech writer is that tech is ALWAYS evolving and changing. As a result, helping people to understand not just how it works but also its impacts on society are always important.
Always.
Therefore, for this big occasion, I needed an article that was powerful, eye-catching, and deeply important. Therefore, behold, good citizens of Medium: an entire video episode about the powers and dangers of artificial intelligence, also known now as “AI”.
I’ve started making videos because — as written content is now rarely written by humans — I want my articles (and now videos) to stand out as being authentic, real, believable, and different.
Enjoy.
For those interested in learning more about using AI to create deepfakes for the GOOD of humanity, I encourage you to check out the website I’ve been exploring for a few months now: HeyGen (affiliate link here). You can try it out for free — yes, seriously — to see how it works. If you like it enough to make a purchase, and begin using the technology for yourself, using my link will earn me a small commission.
But I won’t thank you for that: Richard Nixon will.
Lastly, there’s this FABULOUS article from the Brennan Center about the push for legislation for AI and how the matter of deep fakes is of such national concern and interest. It’s very worth your time to read. Legislation to help protect civilization from the misuse of AI is, I think, essential.
