Deepfake Professionals

Learn as much as you can about machine learning and deepfake technology by reading articles and books and watching videos about these fields. The software firm SAS offers an excellent primer on machine learning at https://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/analytics/machine-learning.html. UNITE AI, an organization that seeks to “showcase both the threats and the benefits that AI technology can have on humanity,” offers a helpful article about deepfakes at https://www.unite.ai/what-are-deepfakes. If you’re looking for a deeper dive into deepfakes, check out Deepfakes, by Graham Meikle. Finally, check out YouTube for videos about machine learning and deepfake technology.

Participate in AI, ML, and computer science exploratory programs that are offered by colleges and universities, high schools, and park districts. New York University’s Tandon Summer Program in Machine Learning is open to high school students who have some experience with a coding language and who have completed Algebra 2 or the equivalent. Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, and Stanford University have also offered AI and ML programs in recent years. If these schools aren’t located in your area, contact colleges and universities in your city or region to see what types of programs are available. Here are a few other summer programs:

• iDTech Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning camp https://www.idtech.com/courses/artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning
• Digital Media Academy Intro to Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning with Python: https://digitalmediaacademy.org
• AI4ALL (various programs): https://ai-4-all.org

Talk to deepfake professionals about their careers. Perhaps you could even observe them as they create a deepfake.

Experiment and have fun with basic deepfake apps such as Reface (https://reface.ai), Avatarify (https://avatarify.ai), Wombo (https://www.wombo.ai), and DeepFaceLab (https://deepfacelab.en.softonic.com).