Deepfakes: Should you be worried?

15 October 2019 | How Does it Work?, Video | 0 comments

Oh no, I'm HUGE!Yes, I confess: I was actually the star of the hit 1987 film Predator.

No, not really. But these days, with deepfake software, anyone can make a video or audio clip that shows anyone else doing/saying whatever they want!

There is a lot of angst, anxiety, and worry about deepfakes – but just how dangerous are they?

Obviously, deepfakes have been made for, shall we say, “less than wholesome” purposes such as getting revenge on an ex-lover.

And there certainly is the potential for some chaos.

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Is AI really here?

18 December 2017 | Computers, How Does it Work?, Video | 0 comments

We hear a lot about A.I. – artificial intelligence – these days. But is it really here?

Should you be worried about Skynet and terminators and some little punk named John having to grow up and save the world?

Not quite. At least not yet, anyway…

While so-called machine learning algorithms are insanely powerful these days, they aren’t really true AI.

Then again, we keep changing out definition of AI with every advancement in technology…

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