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154 - Stephanie Lepp on Pro-Social Deepfakes, Post-Normal Science, and The Future of "Reality"
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This week I chat with artist Stephanie Lepp, producer of Infinite Lunchbox, the Reckonings podcast, and â most excitingly, for me â Deep Reckonings, a stunning new project exploring the âpro-socialâ uses of AI-generated âdeepfakesâ and other synthetic media for education, therapy, and other beneficial outcomes.
While Iâve been speculating on the ominous (albeit numinous) social and psychological consequences of deepfakes since my 2017 sci-fi short âAn Oral History of The End of âRealityââ, it never really occurred to me that these tools arenât just dangerous but potentially healing and transformative. Stephanie, however, has made it very clear in her new videos, and in her extensive statement for the project, that sometimes all we need to imagine a better world is to see it faked convincingly.
In this discussion, we explore how deepfakes can expand and enrich the potent benefits of earlier media like theater and the novel; why itâs so controversial to portray wrongdoers finally accepting accountability and moral leadership, even when itâs an explicit fiction; and how science itself is going to have to change to accommodate a more nuanced and multi-dimensional understanding of truth.
Stephanie at IFTF | LinkedIn | Twitter
Please rate and review Future Fossils on Apple Podcasts! And if you believe in the value of this show and want to see it thrive, support Future Fossils on Patreon. Patrons gain access to over twenty secret episodes, unreleased music, our book club, and many other great things as they spill out of my overactive imagination.
Weâd also love to have you in our thriving little Discord server, if youâre interested in meeting other members of our awesome scene. (And if youâre up for helping edit Future Fossils Podcast transcripts, please drop me a line at futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com.)
Intro and outro music is from Skytreeâs new LP of spacey downtempo electronica, Infraplanetary, which I highly encourage you to purchase.
Enjoy, and thanks for listening! Get bonus content on Patreon
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
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Manage episode 273947354 series 2407639
This week I chat with artist Stephanie Lepp, producer of Infinite Lunchbox, the Reckonings podcast, and â most excitingly, for me â Deep Reckonings, a stunning new project exploring the âpro-socialâ uses of AI-generated âdeepfakesâ and other synthetic media for education, therapy, and other beneficial outcomes.
While Iâve been speculating on the ominous (albeit numinous) social and psychological consequences of deepfakes since my 2017 sci-fi short âAn Oral History of The End of âRealityââ, it never really occurred to me that these tools arenât just dangerous but potentially healing and transformative. Stephanie, however, has made it very clear in her new videos, and in her extensive statement for the project, that sometimes all we need to imagine a better world is to see it faked convincingly.
In this discussion, we explore how deepfakes can expand and enrich the potent benefits of earlier media like theater and the novel; why itâs so controversial to portray wrongdoers finally accepting accountability and moral leadership, even when itâs an explicit fiction; and how science itself is going to have to change to accommodate a more nuanced and multi-dimensional understanding of truth.
Stephanie at IFTF | LinkedIn | Twitter
Please rate and review Future Fossils on Apple Podcasts! And if you believe in the value of this show and want to see it thrive, support Future Fossils on Patreon. Patrons gain access to over twenty secret episodes, unreleased music, our book club, and many other great things as they spill out of my overactive imagination.
Weâd also love to have you in our thriving little Discord server, if youâre interested in meeting other members of our awesome scene. (And if youâre up for helping edit Future Fossils Podcast transcripts, please drop me a line at futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com.)
Intro and outro music is from Skytreeâs new LP of spacey downtempo electronica, Infraplanetary, which I highly encourage you to purchase.
Enjoy, and thanks for listening! Get bonus content on Patreon
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a public episode. If youâd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
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