Dr Dominic Lees: Deepfaking Margaret Thatcher

Episode 15 of the The Last Human Voice Podcast podcast, hosted by Marcus Hutton, Dr Mathilde Pavis & Annette Rizzo, titled "Dr Dominic Lees: Deepfaking Margaret Thatcher" was published on March 6, 2024 and runs 56 minutes.

March 6, 2024 ·56m · The Last Human Voice Podcast

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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...

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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?

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