The Singularity Saints Podcast

011: Deep Fakes

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Can you trust your lyin’ eyes? With the emergence of algorithms to forge sound, images, and video with greater accuracy, we run the risk of making the true and the false indistinguishable. Are we ready for the challenge of Deep Fakes? How can we in the church live in truth while in a world of falsehoods?

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Topics

  • Defining Deep Fakes
  • http://fortune.com/2018/09/11/deep-fakes-obama-video/
  • Fraudulent image and propaganda
  • The Uncanny Valley
  • AI and image fabrication
    • https://petapixel.com/2018/12/17/these-portraits-were-made-by-ai-none-of-these-people-exist/
  • Detection of Deep Fakes
  • Deep Fakes and Politics
    • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth
  • Deep Fakes and Economics
  • Erosion of Public Trust
  • Positive uses for these algorithms
  • Uses of Deep Fakes in personal conflicts
  • Abuses of Deep Fakes in the church
  • Break-down of unity
  • Having a reputation of trustworthiness
  • Dealing with scandal – real or perceived
  • Taking Responsibility
  • Where is our trust?
  • Looking Ahead: Plant-E energy development
    • https://www.plant-e.com/en/over-ons/

    Passages Referenced:

    • Matthew 5:33-37
  • Galatians 6:1
  • Psalm 118:9

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    Intro and outro music: Cosmic Pluck from Vycroft. ( https://freesound.org/people/vykroft/ )

    “For the Church Segment” transition music: Marketing from Skibka Music. ( https://freesound.org/people/SkibkaMusic/ )

     

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