Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse - What You Urgently Need To Know

It will soon be impossible to tell what is real and what is fake. Recent advances in AI mean that by scanning images of a person (for example using Facebook), a powerful GAN machine learning system can create new video images and place them in scenarios and situations which never actually happened. When combined with powerful voice AI, the results are utterly convincing. So-called 'Deep Fakes' are not only a real threat for democracy but they take the manipulation of voters to new levels. They will also affect ordinary people. This crisis of misinformation we are facing has been dubbed the 'Infocalypse'. Using her expertise from working in the field, Nina Schick reveals shocking examples of Deep Fakery and explains the dangerous political consequences of the Infocalypse, both in terms of national security and what it means for public trust in politics. She also unveils what it means for us as individuals, how Deep Fakes will be used to intimidate and to silence, for revenge and fraud, and how unprepared governments and tech companies are. As a political advisor to select technology firms, Schick is at the forefront of trends emerging from the worlds of data science, machine learning and AI. In this book she tells us what we need to do to prepare and protect ourselves. Too often we build the cool technology and ignore what bad guys can do with it before we start playing catch-up. But when it comes to Deep Fakes, we urgently need to be on the front foot.

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Nina Schick is alerting us to a danger from the future that is already here. Deepfakes mean that we can't trust our eyes and ears. Listen to this vital warning. Adam Boulton Sky News

Product details

• Authors: Nina Schick
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781913183523
• ISBN: 978-1-913183-52-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Computer security, Information technology: general issues, Computer fraud & hacking, Information technology: general topics, Computer crime, cybercrime, Computer fraud and hacking