1cvmaskOct 2021Recommends
This was known quite a while before and is trivial. We already have it for faces. A hilarious take on deepfakes: ▶ this video
in “Deepfake voices can fool voice-recognition software” · View on HN
Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy (Full Episode) | Deep Fake and Deep Fake: The Movie
Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy (Full Episode) | Deep Fake and Deep Fake: The Movie on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 2 separate months, 2020–2026.
Sassy Justice
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Full episode of Sassy Justice, a satirical local-news show from the South Park creators starring a deepfaked consumer advocate, Fred Sassy. It uses face-swapped public figures to comment on the dangers of manipulated video.
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Brought up in every deepfake thread as a funny and technically convincing early example of synthetic media used for satire.
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“A hilarious take on deepfakes”
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1cvmaskJun 2021Recommends
Another click bait article. Beware. Facial recognition was banned by SF before in the US. But it’s a technology evolving. And susceptible to manipulation as well. Watch the avantgarde comedy by the creators of South Park: ▶ this video
in “King County, WA bans facial recognition software” · View on HN
fhdkweigJul 2026Cites it
Parody for one. Trey Parker and Matt Stone (of South Park) created a nice one that clones faces (but uses celebrity impersonators for voices). [link] [link] Full video at ▶ this video
in “The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence” · View on HN
BlueTemplarJan 2024Cites it
Yeah, we've had AI (= made with the help of a machine, specifically a computer) NON-deep fakes for several decades now already. I guess the main difference here is indeed that a lot of people are somehow still not aware that it's a possibility ? I guess they have missed Al Gore's warning from 4 years ago ? ▶ this video And in this specific case, I'm not sure that the technic used is of any relevance, since again, this kind of /b/tard(-like?) trolling (and counter-trolling) could also have happened without the use of neural network software : this is more about social networks, and Xitter specifically, being the usual cesspools. (The use of fake-Taylor Swift's likeness for ads is IMHO more problematic, but with the same caveats, and also likely easier to police, since there's a money trail for law enforcement to follow.)
in “Satya Nadella – the explicit Taylor Swift AI fakes are 'alarming and terrible'” · View on HN
BlueTemplarNov 2023Cites it
Reminded me of the South Park guys (et al.) take on Deep Fakes from a few years ago, especialy the bit with Michael Caine : ▶ this video (Of course they used a real fake voice for all of them.)
in “David Attenborough is now narrating my life” · View on HN
fhdkweigOct 2023Cites it
Trey Parker and Matt Stone (of South Park fame) made a youtube channel for Sassy Justice at [link] and ▶ this video . And the Queen of England at [link]
in “Deepfakes start ringing in voters' ears” · View on HN
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gmusleraJun 2023Cites it
It's not just porn the problem. Fake news or information is a problem too. And this reminds me of the "Joan is awful" episode of Black Mirror as another kind of disturbing activity using deepfakes. Or making fun of a public personality in some way like in Sassy Justice ( ▶ this video ). But is complex to draw hard lines in this because asymmetries between public people and not so public ones doing that, or good uses of the technology, freedom concerns and the potential of AI generation. Its not so much the tool, but certain people that misuses it. And stopping the bad uses in a generic way may cause more harm or abuses than not doing it.
in “I Shouldn’t Have to Accept Being in Deepfake Porn” · View on HN
soylentcolaJan 2023Cites it
Speaking of South Park, the creators did a one-off "deepfake comedy" a couple of years back that's available on Youtube: ▶ this video
in “Behind the scenes of TV’s first deep fake comedy: ‘Nothing is illegal’” · View on HN
incomingpainJan 2023Cites it
Deep fakes certainly hit me wrong. Especially given how easy it is to do to celebrities. It started off with mundane stuff with a great message: [link] Then South Park guys, Trey Parker, doing absolutely hilarious deep fake video. They make Al Gore and Trump say poop. ▶ this video But then basically the same time I saw deep fakes presented as true. Trump saying dumber things than normal. Biden appearing like he has late stage dementia. None of it true. As an outside observer of american politics... pretty damned concerning. But then I read a real statistic. 95% of deep fakes... are to make fake porn. Women who have never done porn now have tons of porn made of them. Worse yet, you can't do anything about it. You dont own the copyright. There is no copyright infringement. You cant sue for royalties because they assert its not you and you never did porn. So the USA/DHS decided they would try to police this. Try to get this all under control. They proceed to put a registered spy in charge of it who only policed 1 side of the aisle. So this technology is destabilizing the USA and heading directly toward... [link]
in “Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) technology you have seen?” · View on HN
colordropsOct 2022Cites it
> recreating specific individuals’ likenesses in compromising images (or even worse, video). We’re not at that point yet Yes we are. There have been papers coming out on this tech for years now, with even the south park people doing videos using it. ▶ this video
in “Imagen Video: high definition video generation with diffusion models” · View on HN
BlueTemplarOct 2022Cites it
Epidemiology doesn't work without taking into account politics. You can't have go unpunished specialists conspiring (or at best, just unconsciously covering their ass) when they're the ones that are supposed to be on the front lines preventing and fighting epidemics ! P.S.: Wow, I just remembered... this lampooning hits quite differently now ! ▶ this video
in “Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2?” · View on HN
BlueTemplarApr 2022Cites it
South Park creators have jumped on this occasion : "Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy" (reporting on Deep Fakes) : ▶ this video
in “Dall-E 2” · View on HN
lucideerJul 2021Cites it
While it's blatantly obvious from the context and subject matter that they're fake, I did find quite a few of the Sassy Justice[0] series' examples to be quite convincing from a technical standpoint (I imagine they could have been undetectable given more subtle context & subject matter) [0] ▶ this video
in “Police officer plays Taylor Swift song to keep a video off YouTube” · View on HN
aaron695Jul 2021Cites it
Interesting we are talking about this now and not when the commercial production "Sassy Justice" came out ▶ this video Arguably Sassy Justice is worse, Donald Trump is alive, and I don't think Sassy Justice was an attack, but it wan't flattering either. Sassy Justice was not audio, somewhat clear satire but no warnings. It reminds me when Boko Haram kidnapped the 200 Chibok schoolgirls, they killed and kidnapped 1000's of school boys first. You don't have to like Trump or care about boys but it can come back to bite you. I just hope synthetic media in docos is pointing out to people doco's aren't the truth tellers people think they are. They are entertainment not purveyors of truth.
in “Voice clone of Anthony Bourdain prompts synthetic media ethics questions” · View on HN
seanicusJul 2021Cites it
Not a lawyer but you need likeness rights to reproduce an actor's face. I.e. Peter Cushing's estate gave permission for him to "appear" in Rogue One. But maybe it doesn't apply to parody(?) ▶ this video
in “Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who specializes in deepfaking big-budget movies” · View on HN
brahwehNov 2020Cites it
At about 3:18 into the video you can see what appears to be Serafinowicz playing Sassy as the camera moves behind him. Makes sense that faking would be hard from strange oblique angles, so looks like they just skipped it. ▶ this video
in “South Park creators have new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes” · View on HN
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