Hi everyone!
I'm not as active on the blog as I'd like, but in any case I'm glad I can take a little while from time to time to share an activity with you here.
The topic I've chosen is fake news and the impressive advancement of technology that can enable us to create false impressions. Someone once said that, if it's technology that the general public knows about, then it's probably already obsolete! Don't doubt that what we can see in a video like this one is much less advanced than what the actual cutting-edge software can do.
It's still quite shocking that we can manipulate images and sounds in real time, and even if fakes are easy to spot at the moment, the effect that it can have on public opinion is quite unpredictable-- regardless of whether it is finally disproved or not.
So let's go for a bit of sentence completion to accompany this short BBC report:
I'm not as active on the blog as I'd like, but in any case I'm glad I can take a little while from time to time to share an activity with you here.
The topic I've chosen is fake news and the impressive advancement of technology that can enable us to create false impressions. Someone once said that, if it's technology that the general public knows about, then it's probably already obsolete! Don't doubt that what we can see in a video like this one is much less advanced than what the actual cutting-edge software can do.
It's still quite shocking that we can manipulate images and sounds in real time, and even if fakes are easy to spot at the moment, the effect that it can have on public opinion is quite unpredictable-- regardless of whether it is finally disproved or not.
So let's go for a bit of sentence completion to accompany this short BBC report:
1. Green screen or __________________ can give us virtual backdrops to interact with.
2. We’re only
years away from creating realistic environments: in real time, we can manipulate
voices, facial expressions and
3. Some
software operates by taking take one person’s facial expressions and __________________ on to another person’s features.
4. The
development of these technologies requires ethical frameworks that could __________________ the implications they may have on society.
5. A new tool
to manipulate voice __________________ by Adobe, the company
who invented PhotoShop.
6. To spot a
fake, the resulting altered audio would be __________________ , but that wouldn’t
stop it from spreading.
7. Fakes can
be debunked in __________________ , but this doesn’t stop people from
believing them or from becoming viral.
8. One
possible consequence of the dissemination of fakes is that solid evidence could
be dismissed as __________________ by those who try to deceive us.
9. If there is
a high level of distrust in institutions, a term like fake news is deployed in
many ways, even to describe what is __________________ and __________________ .
10. This
fast-paced technological advancement means we will have to refine how we __________________ from our senses.
Share your answers and your ideas on the topic in the comments section. Key here. Enjoy!
