tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post8462270478927302092..comments2024-02-22T19:45:29.872-05:00Comments on Sources And Methods: Intelligence Community, Meet The Future... (Image Metrics)Kristan J. Wheatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566135545863154089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-70907426358198526692008-08-27T13:27:00.000-04:002008-08-27T13:27:00.000-04:00Interesting. The obvious threat--that we will be u...Interesting. The obvious threat--that we will be unsure of the reality of what we are seeing/hearing in our media--has been present since the printing press was invented and has grown with each new form of media (newspaper, tv, Internet). This seems to me like another step down a road we've been on for quite some time--people will adapt their approach to information, to varying degrees. (We may see a virtual Osama bin Laden delivering video messages from the Hindu Kush for the next 500 years.)Josh Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817147522713116775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-29047323692631383022008-08-21T14:56:00.000-04:002008-08-21T14:56:00.000-04:00Astounding. I'd like to read how video forensics w...Astounding. I'd like to read how video forensics would/could determine its authenticity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-19116954808456226692008-08-21T12:11:00.000-04:002008-08-21T12:11:00.000-04:00This type of technology will require news broadcas...This type of technology will require news broadcasters, scholars, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals to search for more multiple sources to confirm a video's validity as well as testing the source video. Another danger will be the insertion of false statements in a real video; a partial lie. Technology can verify a false or partial video but not before a massive rumor spreads quickly to a target audience. It is difficult to kill some rumors and there is always linger doubt. <BR/><BR/>From an artistic point of view, I do not agree with George Lucas. I think you will always have actors since people will connect with live actors versus animated persons no matter how real. It is still cheaper and faster to have a good actor in digital shots. Technology just expands the limits of what is possible. You can have digital actors for huge crowds and for difficult / dangerous scenes. It is like the analogy of the horse and cars; people predicted that the cars would replace horses entirely for transportation. Cars did replace horses but not entirely and horse remains an important niche tool in all countries. The real question is the degree this technology will replace live actors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-39154303674971942082008-08-20T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-20T14:16:00.000-04:00From Lloyd (he asked me to post as he does not hav...From Lloyd (he asked me to post as he does not have access to the comments from where he is):<BR/><BR/>"Agree with John Gagnon. An earlier movie version of this is Schwartzneggars Mars movie where his artificial head construct decomposes. The ability to join credibile voice and facial imitations means a new and dangerous media era, which extends to the "news". What is fact, what is manufactured? What portion is manufactured? Goes way beyond the green screen, and is approaching George Lucas' desire to make movies without needing human actors. The potential improvements to virtual environment avatars is also an area of interest. Just how far can the boundary between reality and the virtual be erased? As for educational, that is an area that needs some thought first.<BR/>Lloyd Hoffman"<BR/> <BR/>Thanks, LloydKristan J. Wheatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566135545863154089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-29428516272191519132008-08-20T13:26:00.000-04:002008-08-20T13:26:00.000-04:00I had a suspicion that we were going to find out t...I had a suspicion that we were going to find out that she was an example of the process about which she was speaking but when I read your description of her being an animation in really sank in.<BR/><BR/>It is frightening to me to think that any video IM chat from a "company" advertised as "such and such" could be so convincing as to become a phising operation for otherwise protected information.<BR/><BR/>I also envision a temporary mistrust of possible video human engineering which is apt to happen since human engineers don't usually want to be identified by face. Here, the "person" looks exactly like a normal human being. The person being engineered will either be more susceptible to giving out some "trivial" piece of info or else will be warned not to trust any "conference video lines" into the secure structure (if video is used to ID persons allowed into a conference line).<BR/><BR/>Also, bio-sensors may become susceptible to manipulation using virtual imagery (less likely as I think about this one).<BR/><BR/>Fascinating and scary!!!<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>John GagnonRed Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553704335523717795noreply@blogger.com