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and you bet its going to be done in a way that fucks us over somehow

So many women have been calling for action to this, and they only listen when it's Taylor Swift who gets harmed

Nah plenty of rich people have been deepfaked, this is probably getting addressed because of her massive and obsessive fanbase.

to be fair the tools recently got orders of magnitude better

Snowboarders like you are such chill dudes. I never was much of a skater as a kid tho I did pick up snowboarding. Last week I strapped my board again, it’s been at least 9 years, was nervous about it as I am not as flexible as I used to (am 38 now) and this kid comes up and says: “Huck Knife! Nice board dude!” Made my day. Made me loose my anxiety and learned that I still knew how to ride.

The potential for massive amounts of election fuckery should have been what moved the government to action.

But at least something gave them a kick in the ass, so I suppose yay?

Still, I hope they consult actual subject matter experts, and don't just do a bunch of "common sense" sounding things that don't actually accomplish anything (or worse, cause a ton of collateral damage across all tech industries.)

Nations are fiefdoms.

It's not because she's famous, it's because she's rich.

This is what bothers me so much about this, how many people have been affected by this and the only reason this is finally being treated with the seriousness it deserves is because a famous person is affected?

did you expect anything else?

Precedence set by Ticketmaster too....

I think her fans are the one who made this a big issue for media attention.

It's entirely logical and definitional that what happens to a celebrity gets more attention than what happens to non celebrities. It could only be this way. You have fumbled whatever type of moral scolding this was supposed to be. Let's just accept the world is imperfect and celebrate that the issue will get more attention now.

Exactly. It's mind blowing the obsession a lot of them have with making pictures of an underage Greta Thunberg.

It's not a problem at all. It's an opportunity.

Just think! An entirely new class of merchandise: Make Taylor Swift the avatar of your AI assistant. Cam chat with the genuine Taylor Swift AI.

Or Taylor Swift Movies and cameos. Any nobody actor plays her part and Taylor's likeness is deep-faked onto her. Any show where they pretend that some fictional character is a famous singer. That can be the real Taylor. They can churn that out while the biological Taylor is out there, making money.

But for all the licensing money to roll in, you need to turn a human likeness into a property that can be bought and sold. Best if piracy can be turned into a federal crime in the process. That gives you way more power to snoop out file-sharers and the taxpayer has to foot the bill.

I mean cha-cha-cha-ching. You with me?

More like now that it's taytay it needs to be dealt with

Love the sunny reference. Wish it didn't go over so many people's heads

Plenty of regular folks calling for this for decades and only once someone far enough up the money tree gets hurt do they do something. Frankly disgusting.