Whut
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 October 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
you gotta watch the embedded youtube video before you comment hombre! that's how these internet message boards work these days
― the burrito that defined a generation, Thursday, 29 October 2020 02:54 (three years ago) link
I had a beagle named Sassy. She lived up to her name.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 29 October 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
okay the kushner Serafinowicz and Trey Stone, eh? Surprised it hasn't blown up yet.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 29 October 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
it'll never blow up cause 1) no cute cartoon characters 2) City Wok guy = CANCELLED
― the burrito that defined a generation, Saturday, 31 October 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
i honestly wish that were so
― Nhex, Monday, 2 November 2020 15:03 (three years ago) link
2018: Deepfakes could seriously destabilise global politics in the coming years and we should be alert to the dangers of disinformation spreading at a faster rate than ever before. 2021: … pic.twitter.com/JLl8NgoQrA— Pete Fraser (@petefrasermusic) January 15, 2021
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:26 (three years ago) link
It's still pretty fakey. The mouth movements don't synch at all and are the vaguest kind of open-and-closings, the bodily motions aren't quite human, and the anatomy is weird. But if you're just giving it a barely-engaged glance, it's not glaringly bad. The song is entertaining, which helps.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:34 (three years ago) link
A friend of mine posted something the other day about the inevitable and rapidly approaching need for some sort of independent verification certification or the like for images and videos.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:36 (three years ago) link
surely some startup is getting funding for that as we speak, contracts on the way
aimless i gather you're unfamiliar with the SEA SHANTY MANIA sweeping the web
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
Crichton's Rising Sun predicted the widespread use of this technology, as did an episode of the television series version of Weird Science
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:40 (three years ago) link
Not to be confused with Misfits of Science.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:41 (three years ago) link
guy on the right has some powerful style
― brimstead, Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:42 (three years ago) link
you are correct. I know not this mania. but I predict it won't last. because there aren't enough really good ones and eventually they all sound the same.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Saturday, 16 January 2021 04:43 (three years ago) link
https://southstreetseaportmuseum.org/chanteysing/
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 05:12 (three years ago) link
adobe is working on a standard certification for photos, dunno if it’ll take off
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 January 2021 09:18 (three years ago) link
what about a standard certification for sea shanties?
― ledge, Saturday, 16 January 2021 09:43 (three years ago) link
you laugh, but
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 January 2021 10:00 (three years ago) link
The leisure songs associated with sailors are labeled simply as "sea songs," but they have no consistent formal characteristics. They are also popularly known among enthusiasts, especially when distinguishing them from shanties, as fo'c's'le songs or forebitters.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 January 2021 10:08 (three years ago) link
I’m just watching it from my phone bu it looks like a GTA cut scene or something.. agree w/aimless though, it’s a good tune.
― brimstead, Saturday, 16 January 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
i don't think it will stick around past the month but there's a TON of thought pieces on sea shanty tiktok and how to spell it
https://www.vulture.com/2021/01/tiktok-sea-shanties-explained.htmlhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delights-of-sea-chantey-tiktokhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/style/sea-shanty-tiktok-wellerman.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2021/01/16/957593535/why-sea-shanties-have-taken-over-tiktokhttps://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-sea-shanties/
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
also, if you're unfamiliar with it, the picture itself is a UK memehttps://thetab.com/uk/2020/06/10/we-spoke-to-the-boys-in-this-picture-and-theyve-had-enough-of-your-jokes-161026
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
(so to be completely clear, i wasn't - and i don't think the original poster was either - putting this up as a sign of how far deepfakes have come, just that they're still in the state of being used more for shitposting than for overthrowing the government)
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 January 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
cmon nyer fact checkers - shanties are sung “unison”?? sheesh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 January 2021 22:13 (three years ago) link
also, if you're unfamiliar with it, the picture itself is a UK memehttps://thetab.com/uk/2020/06/10/we-spoke-to-the-boys-in-this-picture-and-theyve-had-enough-of-your-jokes-161026🕸
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Sunday, 17 January 2021 08:35 (three years ago) link
Disconcertingly real Tom Cruise deepfakes on TikTok:
I need to know if @TaylorLorenz is aware of the Tom Cruise tiktoks pic.twitter.com/An7AV430AF— Brian Kosciesza (@BrianKosh) February 25, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 26 February 2021 06:11 (three years ago) link
you just know this is going to be misused for evil/political purposes and "oh yeah? prove it isn't you" etc
― StanM, Friday, 26 February 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
Deep Nostalgia, a new thing from genealogy site My Heritage, which 'animates' old family photos using some kind of deep fake-esque tech.
https://www.myheritage.com/deep-nostalgia
The second question in their FAQ is amusing...
"This technology is fascinating but a bit uncanny, don't you think?"
"Some people love the Deep Nostalgia™ feature and consider it magical, while others find it creepy and dislike it."
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 27 February 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
yike
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 February 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
one vote for the creeps
― Nhex, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
― StanM, Friday, February 26, 2021 2:04 AM (yesterday)
In a world where a significant number of people believe the moon landing was faked, I don't think deepfakes are really cause for political* alarm. Photoshop and CGI didn't usher us into a hyperreal nightmare where we're constantly being deluded by fake images. If I've learned one thing from the past few years, it's that lies don't need to be partic convincing for lots of people to believe them.
* meanwhile they have been used extensively to harass and exploit women
― rob, Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
I note that almost every source photo is not smiling, but the faked animation always has the subject look at the viewer and give a slight smile. The overall effect is of someone enjoying a private and intimate moment with you. Seems much too predictable to be a coincidence. That level of emotional manipulation of the viewer is creepier than the fact that the faces move somewhat realistically.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
SOMEbody read Harry Potter
― display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
I signed up to that my heritage thing, just to try it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyl9mh8mvx4
― Darin, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:58 (three years ago) link
^ very touching and a source of emotional comfort for you, I'm sure
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
Thatis horrifying. Thank you.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:04 (three years ago) link
I also plugged in one of the freaky photos from the cursed images thread, but the results were too awful to share.
― Darin, Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
we need a lot more of these please
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 03:34 (three years ago) link
lol
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 28 February 2021 04:09 (three years ago) link
thanks, forks. <3
This is really weird stuff. pic.twitter.com/Wo6hlb8Aiv— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) February 28, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 28 February 2021 04:27 (three years ago) link
Weird coincidence, I just came here to post this:
Frederick Douglass, the mighty abolitionist, was the single most photographed person in the United States during the nineteenth century. Here's how he might've looked in motion. Brace yourself and press play. pic.twitter.com/HOxDK7jGyh— La Marr Jurelle Bruce (@Afromanticist) February 28, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
This technology might really take off if they're able to iron out that thing where it looks like the person has a school of jellyfish writhing under their skin every time their head moves.
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
I think in this case it's not really animated, per se, but hundreds of photos of his face sort of stitched together into a simulation of motion, like a 3-D flip book.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
the douglass is very uncanny valley
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
i think the myheritage thing i gonna blow up this week, nyt trend piece ahoy
Really weird that MyHeritage of all companies beat Adobe or some other design/tech group to this.
― Darin, Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
Joseph Bloor lives! The most handsome man in Toronto history brought to life by this wild new #DeepNostalgia animation tool from MyHeritage... https://t.co/cQOXjVjDqg pic.twitter.com/QBzdlwxNfV— Adam Bunch (@TODreamsProject) February 26, 2021
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 22:17 (three years ago) link
Okay, emerging market space: MyHeritage.com, but for dick pics
― chillin' like Emperor Maximilian (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 1 March 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
That throb in all the wrong ways/places
― Chokeslamming A Memory (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 March 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link