AI Fake Audio/Video and Blockchain authentication

Development of AI generated audio and video is moving at a fast pace and for casual social media users it is getting harder and harder to distinguish is something fake or real. And technology to make deepfakes will not get any worse with time.

5-6 years ago faking someone's voice was pretty hard. Now an AI model can make a decent fake voice from few minutes of you talking. With enough time (not even that much) the voice can be made almost undistinguishable from the real person they want to copy.

Fully generated video is still behind. But i am sure we will see some really good fully AI generated fake videos in the next few years. With technology accessible to most people who want to invest time into it.

I am pretty sure everyone reading this came across a video of some famous person shilling you a product. Faking audio and lip syncing it to an existing video is now almost common. I seen Joe Rogan trying to sell me everything from shaving razors to workout supplements.

And when you are watching it on a small phone screen, not expecting to be cheated, it could look convincing. And a lot of people are not aware of what AI technology can do at the moment.

How will you know if a clip of Donald Trump talking about something is real or fake in a few years? How will people know it is actually you that made something, or told something?

Joe Rogan and Marc Andreessen touched on the subject of deepfakes. And solution that Marc Andreessen presented was blockchain verification. You will embed a code into the video and write it on a blockchain for authentication. The wallet address that writes that on the blockchain will have to be connected with you.

I heard this several times in the past year or so. But i think i heard it first on one of the Hive podcasts from @blocktrades probably 3 or so years ago. I think he was talking about developing something connected with verification/authentication (proof of truth? :) )

I am not fan of randomly tagging people but it would be interesting to see did i imagine hearing it or is Blocktrades working on something like that.

It would make sense to do it with Hive. Usernames as wallets, blockchain made for storing text with a very low fees. I can't really wrap my head around how exactly would this be implemented but it makes sense that it would be possible with Hive.