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Deepfakes, synthetic humans, and the future of stardom with Reface.ai cofounder Dima Shvets


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Do deepfakes foreshadow the fall of civilization and the end of all truth? Or are they just good fun? 

Or is there a third possibility: that they're the foundation of a massive new opportunity to experience what could never be real (for most of us) and a massive new opportunity (for influencers and stars) to essentially become a merger of real person and synthetic being in millions of ways in dozens of languages for billions of people ... simultaneously.

In this episode of TechFirst with John Koetsier we chat with Dima Shvets, one of the cofounders of Reface.ai, the viral app with almost 70 million installs.

We kick off with the app growth story. We move into the deepfake controversy. And we end with Dima's vision of the future: a merge of real and synthetic beings for brands, stars, and influencers.

Video: https://youtu.be/WwB8iHrHPGY

Transcript: https://johnkoetsier.com/category/tech-first/

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