Tenth International Conference on The Image

Abstract

The innovation of deepfake technology drastically changes the possibilities of the reliable image. The deepfake, the use of artificial intelligence, specifically a deep simulated neural network, has centered on the manipulation of the video image to such an extent, that they have become indistinguishable from the real image/video. Therefore, implications of using this technology brings forth dangerous possibilities in political and international arenas. The new technology of deepfake/deep learning brings forth the question: if the only image we have of any aspect of visual reality can be manipulated in such a dramatic fashion, are we then able to change real knowledge of that reality. The development of new inexpensive and user friendly artificial intelligence for the manipulation of the image forces us into a paradigm shift; from this point forward, we can no longer really know what is reality as identified through an image.