Deepfake Or: How I Used Deep Learning To Put A Face Where It Doesn’t Belong

Deepfake is a technique for superimposing images or videos over other images or videos with the use of machine learning, thus creating a fake. Deepfakes have quietly but surely become a cultural phenomenon in the past year. What started with Superman videos where Lois Lane has the face of Nicholas Cage, quickly evolved into something more. Join me for an introduction to the world of deepfakes and see for yourself what can be deepfaked with consumer-grade hardware and open source software.