The problem is that their hashing technology doesn't work the way it is supposed to, when Facebook tells you that artificial intelligence is going to save them and us, you should ask how that is if they can't even deal with the issue of removing previously identified content.

Hany Farid

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It is striking that such a simple manipulation can be so effective and believable, to some, while I think that deep-fake technology poses a real threat, this type of low-tech fake shows that there is a larger threat of misinformation campaigns -- too many of us are willing to believe the worst in people that we disagree with.

The stakes have gotten really high all of a sudden. by Hany Farid

The stakes have gotten really high all of a sudden.

It's not obvious to you and me, maybe it's obvious to Michelle Ob... by Hany Farid

It's not obvious to you and me, maybe it's obvious to Michelle Obama.

20 % of the work is to get you to 90 % accuracy. by Hany Farid

20 % of the work is to get you to 90 % accuracy.

It's exceedingly fast, it allows you to deal with billions of upl... by Hany Farid

It's exceedingly fast, it allows you to deal with billions of uploads a day.

It's been proven to work in the child abuse space, the copyright infringement space and now in the extremism space, so there are no more excuses, you can't pretend that you don't have technology. The decision not to do this is a question of will and policy — not a question of technology.

Hashing has the advantage that it works at scale. by Hany Farid

Hashing has the advantage that it works at scale.