When you see any scam information on Reddit or even in the press, realize that anything said is usually 2-10 years behind where the technology actually is. So if you see someone claiming, “Real-time video deepfakes aren’t possible.”

That was true…in 2021. But it’s been possible since about then, and is getting easier all the time.

If you see someone assert that, “Voice cloning from a small sample can’t be done.” That was true…in 2018. About 2019, it became possible. In 2020 or so, it became trivial with some effort. Now you can do it by clicky-clicky on any of a dozen websites.

Tech is moving faster than people realize and can contextualize. Reddit seems particularly bad at being way, way behind the times. But I see it all over everywhere else too.