EPISODE · Mar 6, 2024 · 56 MIN
Dr Dominic Lees: Deepfaking Margaret Thatcher
from The Last Human Voice Podcast · host Marcus Hutton, Dr Mathilde Pavis & Annette Rizzo
Get in touch to submit a question or send us your feedback. Dr Dominic Lees is an award-winning filmmaker and director. He is also Associate Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Reading, with a research specialism in deepfakes. In 2019, "Virtual Maggie" was among his projects, exploring how AI technology could be used to resurrect Margaret Thatcher for a contemporary drama called "Rebel Bus".Dr Lees joined us for an in-depth discussion of the practical and ethical questions raised by digital deepfakes. How far has AI come since 2019? What creative tensions can result from using technology that's still in development? And why, of all the people one could "resurrect", did he choose Margaret Thatcher?
What this episode covers
Get in touch to submit a question or send us your feedback. Dr Dominic Lees is an award-winning filmmaker and director. He is also Associate Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Reading, with a research specialism in deepfakes. In 2019, "Virtual Maggie" was among his projects, exploring how AI technology could be used to resurrect Margaret Thatcher for a contemporary drama called "Rebel Bus". Dr Lees joined us for an in-depth discussion of the practical and ethical quest...
NOW PLAYING
Dr Dominic Lees: Deepfaking Margaret Thatcher
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Mar 26, 2026 ·1m
Mar 19, 2026 ·34m
Feb 18, 2026 ·11m
Feb 11, 2026 ·45m