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Matthew Charette published a blog post Week 6 Reflections- Henry Ochoa published a blog post unit_1 Comp266
- Jon Dron bookmarked Course: Applied Social Network Analysis in Education in the group COMP 650: Social Computing
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- Narius Farhad Davar commented on the blog Week 5 Reflections
- Narius Farhad Davar commented on a bookmark Inisde - Bo Burnham in the group COMP 650: Social Computing
- Matthew Charette published a blog post Week 5 ReflectionsComments
Hi Matt,
I enjoyed reading your post. I completely agree that using DeepFake for harassments in on the rise. Criminals and attackers are always on the hunt for new ways through which they can target their victims. One of the most concerning factors is that DeepFake technology is widely available (Ahmed, 2021).
As this technology advances it will become more and more difficult to differentiate between a real and a fake video or audio. I have seen videos on YouTube regarding DeepFake and it is scary to see how real they look. With further advancements and perfection of this technology, criminals will use this to their advantage and can cause serious harm by targeting government officials or tarnish someone’s reputation. I believe there should be strict laws on misuse of such technology and the content should be regulated by tech companies creating such technologies.
An interesting post by Norton giving some more insight on DeepFake technology: https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-emerging-threats-what-are-deepfakes.html#made
References
Ahmed, A. (2021, March 9). Social Media Users Warned Of Deepfake: The New Conartistry Tool. Digital Information World. Retrieved from https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2021/03/social-media-users-warned-of-deepfake.html
Narius Farhad Davar October 19, 2021 - 10:57pm
Comp 266
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By Jon Dron September 10, 2021 - 11:25amHere are the slides from my opening keynote this morning (Pacific Time) for the XII Conferência Internacional de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação na Educação in Portugal.The conference theme...
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- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Twain
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a hearth to be lighted - Parlby
- We have a hunger of the mind, which asks for knowledge all around us - Mitchell
- Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Gandhi
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts
Nice find! As a philosophy graduate with an ongoing interest in ethics I have much enjoyed the series myself. I believe that the writing team included professional philosophers to help generate and critique the plot, so there's a lot of academic depth hiding just beneath the entertaining and absurd surface. It's quite fun trying to spot the philosophers/schools of philosophy being called upon in each episode, as well as in the broader trajectory of the plot.
Jon Dron October 22, 2021 - 9:54am