{"id":95,"date":"2022-11-30T06:44:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darrellsmind.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2022-11-30T06:44:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T06:44:06","slug":"i-really-didnt-say-everything-i-said-yogi-berra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrellsmind.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/30\/i-really-didnt-say-everything-i-said-yogi-berra\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Really Didn\u2019t Say Everything I Said\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 Yogi Berra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever since Alan Turing created a computer that could think for itself in a game of chess around 1950, the advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been nothing short of amazing.  Our society has grown accustomed to asking Siri or Alexa for directions or to perform tasks (an example of AI recognizing and responding to our voices).  We are starting to see more and more self-driving cars (AI recognizing the markings on the streets and surrounding objects and making informed decisions).  And we are being introduced to a new direction of AI \u2013 the ability to make the audience believe that someone is saying something that they are not, in videos known as \u201cdeep fakes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In deep fake videos, the creator has uploaded hundreds or thousands of images and voice recordings of a celebrity in order for the AI to understand facial structure and voice patterns.\u00a0 Then the person uses a video camera to capture their own face providing the message, and the AI mimics those actions using the celebrity presentation.\u00a0 This August 2022 article in Business Insider<\/a> explains the origins of deep fakes, features some links to very believable social media clips, and provides keys to detecting what could be a deep fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But are all deep fakes bad?\u00a0 There has been some controversy over the use of holograms for music concerts, such as \u201cAn Evening With Whitney<\/a>\u201d which is currently at the Harrah\u2019s Las Vegas. \u00a0The show\u2019s creators, with the approval of the Whitney Houston estate, have used her likeness to recreate shows which entertain fans that once saw her perform live, and introduce her to a new younger audience \u2013 something that would not have been possible after her death. By reading the comments in social media posts, you will find that many people that saw the show were amazed and thrilled with it, while others deemed the idea itself to be “creepy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I think that this type of deep fake can be beneficial, as long as the creator is up front about the use and not trying to be deceitful.  One fantastic example took place this fall on the television talent show, America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is called Metaphysic<\/em>, and its performers were not behind the scenes.\u00a0 They were in the middle of the stage, actually singing and dancing for the audience to see.\u00a0 But artificial intelligence was picking up their movements on camera and projecting mimicked images of Elvis Presley, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara \u2013 while the latter three (the show’s judges) were sitting in front of them watching the show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tonight, we made the impossible, possible! We brought back one of the most famous rock 'n' roll stars in history performing once again \ud83c\udfa4 @ElvisPresley<\/a> We need your help to win @AGT<\/a> so please vote for us here: https:\/\/t.co\/riZaQeepM9<\/a> Thank you \ud83d\udc99 @vfxchrisume<\/a> @tomgtgraham<\/a> #agt<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rNuWGbX82D<\/a><\/p>— Metaphysic.ai (@Metaphysic_ai) September 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>