This is one of those technologies where I struggle to think of beneficial use cases, but my mind fills with ways this could abused.
That's not to say it shouldn't be researched, or people more creative than me won't think of beneficial use cases.
That's not to say it shouldn't be researched, or people more creative than me won't think of beneficial use cases.
From the abstract: "Our system can generate novel points between professional tennis players that resemble Wimbledon broadcasts, enabling new experiences such as the creation of matchups between players that have not competed in real life, or interactive control of players in the Wimbledon final."
I don't believe academic researchers needs to justify their work by providing real life applications. But if that were the extent of deepfake's utility, I'd be underwhelmed.
I recently lost my dog. The idea of interacting with a virtual model of her to help ease the grief is interesting and scary, and ripped straight from a Black Mirror episode.
A mother meeting her dead daughter again through VR. It's a video that fills me with all sorts of emotions. It feels so wrong but at the same time it is very touching and beautiful.