Entry 1 | derpfakes | September 18th 2018
September 18 th 2018 Firstly, thanks to everyone for supporting my work. I sincerely appreciate it and hope the community as a whole continues to grow on YouTube and beyond. I'm not used to writing like this so give me a break for now and hopefully my manic ramblings will become more intelligible in time. This blog will serve primarily as my own commentary on deepfakes, from both a technical and political point of view. In such a unique moment as this, in a world of fake news and rapid technological and cultural change and its big-hitting commentators, my personal opinions concerning deepfaking and the surrounding issues might well mean little or nothing to the vast majority. As one of the early deepfakers to receive some mainstream attention, I have had a somewhat interesting perspective on the emerging notoriety of the technology and its impact and so I offer up some of my experiences and opinions to those who are willing to listen. Ultimately, I'm just an ind