deepfake
nounEtymology
Blend of deep learning + fake. Coined in 2017 by Redditor u/deepfakes (account created on September 26, 2017), who had created a technique which could convincingly swap someone's face in a video using deep learning. The r/deepfakes subreddit was created on November 2, 2017. The word was first used as a noun and verb around December 2017.
Definitions
A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of…
A convincingly realistic but fake image, video, or audio created with the use of artificial intelligence, especially one that imposes the face of one person onto the body of someone else.
- Did you see that leaked sex tape with the actress? It turned out to be a deepfake, but it looked so realistic!
- These deepfakes went in a completely unexpected direction
To create or turn into a deepfake
To create or turn into a deepfake; to impersonate someone with a deepfake.
- He deepfaked himself, no one suffered demonstrable harm from it and he admitted it when confronted.
- Currently, few laws around the world pertain to deepfaked porn.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deepfake. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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