Creating Deep Fakes is becoming extremely cheap and easy, Chris Welch on Threads (via Daring Fireball).

@lukemperez My that's disturbing. I imagine the day when we can only trust handwritten messages hand-delivered by a trusted courier.

@lukemperez Sent this to a friend who had two responses:

@lukemperez Not long ago I saw a headline that anybody with $5 and 15 minutes can now wreak havoc with elections (via deepfakes). I thought, really? I mean, I got $5 and 15 minutes... but I restrained myself.