Deepfake Safari is On, But How Many of The Hunting Weapons Are Loaded?
Humankind is full of contradictions. One cannot help but be astonished at the global reaction to the deepfake that is threatening to set off global chaos with a flight from reality. It is almost as if a mastermind is pitting goodness against evil and encouraging both sides to play their hands. Universities and R&D groups are developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that facilitate deepfake synthetic media creation in different versions. But at the same time, they are publishing them for open use on the internet without any filters to guard against “malicious intent,” leaving the data, methods, and codes susceptible to use on new R&D initiatives with such goals. Meanwhile, efforts to come up with cyber-security solutions that focus on …