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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a DEEPFAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | A {{w|deepfake}} is an altered video, designed to deceive | + | A {{w|deepfake}} is an altered video, designed to deceive by replacing a person in a video. [[White Hat]] believes that this technology will make it difficult to trust videos. However, [[Cueball]] responds by saying that "fakes" have always existed, in photos (either through {{w|photoshopping|alterations by software such as Adobe Photoshop}}, or deliberately staging fakes images, e.g. {{w|Loch Ness Monster#%22Surgeon's photograph%22 (1934)|of the Loch Ness Monster}}) and even moreso by people simply lying. White Hat comes around to Cueball's position and says that even the written word is prone to deception and lying. |
Scientific studies of deepfakes have produced surprising results, suggesting that they are more likely to increase uncertainty than persuade,[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305120903408] that their increased prevalence could inoculate the public against {{w|disinformation}},[https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/150489] and that they are more likely to be shared because of their humorousness than persuasiveness.[http://essay.utwente.nl/91654/] Other studies have found that deepfakes are persuasive, especially among those who are unfamiliar with them.[https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2020.0174][https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1780812] | Scientific studies of deepfakes have produced surprising results, suggesting that they are more likely to increase uncertainty than persuade,[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305120903408] that their increased prevalence could inoculate the public against {{w|disinformation}},[https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/150489] and that they are more likely to be shared because of their humorousness than persuasiveness.[http://essay.utwente.nl/91654/] Other studies have found that deepfakes are persuasive, especially among those who are unfamiliar with them.[https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cyber.2020.0174][https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1780812] | ||
− | The {{w|complaint tablet to Ea-nasir}} is a 3,800 year-old clay tablet containing the oldest known written complaint, in which a customer complains to a merchant, Ea-nasir, about | + | The {{w|complaint tablet to Ea-nasir}} is a 3,800 year-old clay tablet containing the oldest known written complaint, in which a customer complains to a merchant, Ea-nasir, about his copper ingots. Cueball's last statement says that perhaps this complaint could've been a lie to begin with, and there was nothing wrong with Ea-nasir's wares. |
− | The title text references the {{w|Cottingley Fairies}}, a series of | + | The title text references the {{w|Cottingley Fairies}}, a series of photographs of "fairies" by two children, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, who were 16 and 9, respectively. The photographs received widespread attention when Sir {{w|Arthur Conan Doyle}}, the author of the ''Sherlock Holmes'' series and noteworthy for his logical analysis alongside an unshakable belief in mysticism, used the photos as proof of paranormal phenomena in a 1920 magazine article. In 1983, Elsie and Frances confessed that the photos had been faked. |
− | + | Unlike most xkcd comics, this one consists of sincere discussion without any joke or other form of intentional humor, except for the hyperbole in the title text and the obscure references to the complaint and the fairies. Often White Hat would be saying something that Cueball think is bad. But in this case he just discuss that it might not be so big a problem as White Hat fears. Seems like Randall just found a way of telling his followers about the oldest known written complaint and a fairy story hoax believed by a well known author. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:White Hat: Thanks to deepfakes, soon we won't know what's real anymore. Video will become meaningless. | :White Hat: Thanks to deepfakes, soon we won't know what's real anymore. Video will become meaningless. | ||
− | :[White Hat and Cueball | + | :[White Hat and Cueball walks on, Cueball lifts one hand with the palm up.] |
:Cueball: I dunno. | :Cueball: I dunno. | ||
− | :Cueball: We've had Photoshop for decades and staged photos for centuries. | + | :Cueball: We've had Photoshop for decades and staged photos for centuries. |
:Cueball: It hasn't made photos meaningless. | :Cueball: It hasn't made photos meaningless. | ||
− | :[Zoom in on | + | :[Zoom in on Cuebal, who has turned towards White Hat - who is off panel left.] |
:Cueball: The bottleneck for fake stuff isn't technical. The bottleneck is willingness to lie. | :Cueball: The bottleneck for fake stuff isn't technical. The bottleneck is willingness to lie. | ||
:Cueball: "People lying" is a very old problem. | :Cueball: "People lying" is a very old problem. | ||
:Cueball: It's a known exploit. | :Cueball: It's a known exploit. | ||
− | :[Zoom back out on White Hat and Cueball who have stopped. White Hat has a hand on his | + | :[Zoom back out on White Hat and Cueball who have stopped. White Hat has a hand on his chin. Cueball holds his hands out to the sides.] |
:White Hat: I guess technically we've been able to make '''''text''''' deepfakes for 5,000 years. | :White Hat: I guess technically we've been able to make '''''text''''' deepfakes for 5,000 years. | ||
:Cueball: Maybe Ea-nasir's copper ingots were actually fine! | :Cueball: Maybe Ea-nasir's copper ingots were actually fine! |