Watch People Realize they're ACTUALLY talking to a DEEPFAKE

[@DaxCyro]

Today's Wren: We're trolling so many people with deep fakes of me Future Wren : I'm being hunted for a crime I didn't commit.

[@smiles884]

Thanks for the framing suggestion.

[@KaninTuzi]

Pretty good idea for a thriller

[@wilsongarrido8707]

I’ve never read a comment so true, comedic and tragic at the same time

[@Marta1Buck]

That's my thought exactly

[@jdal21]

CIA then: planting evidence CIA now:

[@zylowolfzan3345]

I assume the entire office will be showing up to Discord calls wearing Wren's face for the next week or so.

[@tprofi452]

I would have loved to see Wren just coming in the room normally pretending to search something while still on the call before they suspected anything. They would have been so confused

[@fabi3790]

@@CalebBerman how many of my crimes though?

[@lollocausto302]

@@CalebBerman great plan like he had for the ones who died during the Holocaust? Or during WW1? Or Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Or why not the Plague? For the ones who died of Covid? For the ones who died of cancer? I’m so curious to know what his plan is…

[@determinedhelicopter2948]

@@CalebBerman Don't preach in comments fam you're giving your religion a bad rep

[@corporatecapitalism]

@@CalebBerman was me becoming atheist part of his plan? Does free will even exist if he has a plan?

[@corporatecapitalism]

@@CalebBerman so… I have to yield to it or I’ll go to hell? Doesn’t sound like free will very much to me

[@Naveednur]

Can't wait for you guys to reveal that this show has been hosted by the Real Tom Cruz for all these years !

[@teteeheeted]

@🌈 have a nice day no

[@enriceaux]

Cruz 😂

[@castortroy6588]

Cruise 👌

[@murraynatkie7490]

Tom Cruz meaning Ben Stiller's character of Tom Cruise's stuntdouble?

[@oceanln4185]

Pulls off mask

[@mattmccarthymusic]

So cool. For the Omegle idea, I’d suggest everybody just do whoever they’ve been told their doppelgänger is.

[@aliceramdom.s]

I don't have a "double-ganger"

[@Jimhxlland]

Niki would be good for James McCavoy

[@bltn7469]

@@aliceramdom.s what's double ganger?

[@ajbp95]

@@bltn7469 A lookalike.

[@ajbp95]

@@aliceramdom.s From your profile picture I would say you are quite doubleganger with Ghost rider!

[@K8KProductions]

Wren's reaction to the deep fake was amazing!

[@vanceoz4080]

😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

[@bigfriki]

Seemed a bit over exaggerated, almost as if he knew he was being recorded...🤔

[@Taczy2023]

@@bigfriki I don't think so, If that was me I would be hysterically laughing too. I mean he knows its someone deepfaking him, but there is only one person in the world who looks exactly like you unless your a twin. He is laughing because his friends took the time to deepfake him and actually did a decent job.

[@the11thhour44]

What I learned today is the only thing that can't be deepfaked is Wren's enthusiasm

[@titanicsinclair]

The future is more bizarre than I imagined as a kid.

[@ToneyCrimson]

And scary..imagine when its not possible to see the difference. You could start a nuclear war with that shit.

[@anthonyolid866]

@@ToneyCrimson you could start a nuclear war with a push of a button

[@ToneyCrimson]

@@anthonyolid866 No i could not.

[@deepfakescoverychannel6710]

@@anthonyolid866 so you need to pick better presidents who have the nuclear button

[@360.Tapestry]

the power of the sun in the palm of my hands

[@finhas8865]

Rather than sneaking from behind, he should just walk into the room and walk out like he was mistaken.

[@Harry101UK]

The Wrenderverse is expanding.

[@DirtyDisgustingThief]

Harry101UK

[@ezrac704]

Rare Harry spotting

[@tricitydrip8928]

I could definitely see that working on a smaller screen. The deep fakes are getting better, keep them coming!

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Facts

[@EricHamm]

I would enjoy more uses that are legal. This is only fueling fraudsters.

[@argonile2344]

@@EricHamm This fuels both sides of good and evil, just that this has a lot more opportunities to do things that are immoral/illegal

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

And what if somebody only knows another person in passing by and does not work with them everyday?

[@zhankazest]

@@argonile2344 A lot of inventions are like that...

[@pisandro2936]

By the way Sam reacts at 13:36, you can tell he was REALLY SCARED. Like he didn't yell or laugh. He just stayed there looking at nothing, like he was seeing his life in front of his eyes lol

[@pexpix]

You could almost listen to everyone's brain doing the Dial-Up Internet sound whilst processing all of this! Incredible :D

[@118Shadow118]

the natural reaction to the uncanny valley

[@Boredman567]

The biggest flaw was definitely that Niko's face is such a different shape from Wren's. It still uses the whole head and neck shape from Niko, and his range of facial expressions is fundamentally different from Wren's. For instance, Niko has a smaller mouth, so the fake Wren's mouth movements were small and vague. His eyes and brows are also more squinty and furrowed in a resting position, so that affected his expressions.

[@RyanConnell5150]

That also has to do with the AI having to work around the difference in facial hair I think

[@Dargonhuman]

@@RyanConnell5150 Probably a little bit of both. But, in fairness this particular technology is still very new so there's still room for improvement and refinement with future updates.

[@jchunick]

I'm an identical twin but whereas my twin has had a clean shaven face for over ten years and I've had a beard and mustache. I decided to shave one day and ended up needing to grow it back because it was too bizarre to see my brother in the mirror. So, I know *exactly* what Wren felt when he saw himself in the call. It's a very bizarre feeling.

[@nowhereman0182]

Pretty nuts, like they said deepfake tech has come SO far in such a short amount of time. I remember not that long ago watching their first few videos playing around with deepfakes and they were nothing compared to what they’re doing now.

[@DankMemer42013]

Eh I can tell these are deepfakes by first glance, something about the deepfakes are just off like it’s not truly attached to the skin on their faces

[@tickoyo]

@@DankMemer42013 Yeah they kinda look like masks or makeup. Still really cool though

[@Saimeren]

You know, we've seen a lot of people come and go on this channel. Some we got to know really well, and some we didn't. But out of all the people that stick around, Jordan and Matt are some high class dudes. I'm really glad they're part of the crew now.

[@Kalepsis]

Here's a quick tip to make it better: if possible, horizontally compress your input video by about 5% before the software adds the Wren mask. That will make Nico's head look the right shape (skinnier) and the AI will have an easier time applying the deep fake to his face

[@seanimo8579]

Ooooo

[@AeridisArt]

But then everything in the video will be horizontally compressed and it would look weird when does movements like tilting his head or when he did that finger point

[@tinybabybread]

@@CalebBerman the fuck

[@twostepsintheunknown7683]

@@CalebBerman no

[@northpaul9435]

@@twostepsintheunknown7683 absolute Chad

[@druidofpies]

They use cutting-edge technology to goof on their friends and I’m totally here for that

[@Lokear]

Jordan's reaction just killed me, especially when she got jumpscared by the real Wren.

[@salty_slug]

lol yeah

[@ShadowHunter303]

the fact that she guessed it and the vfx people got confused made it even better

[@goteer10]

@@ShadowHunter303 VFX people are *used* to seeing weird stuff, she is probably more used to seeing more refined effects and a real-time improv deepfake isn't good enough for her eye at this point.

[@Bluu_Bunni]

still blows me away that 1-2 years ago, this stuff was so experimental, and now it's able to be done in real time in a Discord call. it's still got some stuff to evolve into but it's crazy stuff

[@dawsonrudy9130]

I think trying to trick folks on omegle to believe they're talking to twins could be trippy as well! Great video 😁

[@LP4Life2011]

@narender yadav You just train one model. Just apply the model of one of them sitting there on to the Others 😉

[@hughanmilborrow4604]

@@LP4Life2011 huh?

[@LP4Life2011]

@@hughanmilborrow4604 For example Just Like they did when nico facetimed with Peter and wren was sitting next to Nico. Nico has the deepfake of wren on His face and looks like wren who is also in frame without the deepfake 😂 You understand now? 😁

[@dcbradshaw]

This has to be tried with NPCs in a D&D game, so the DM can switch between characters. Even better if you brought in a Practical FX company to help prep some characters using prosthetics e.g. Sam as an orc.

[@oliverer3]

That would be really cool shame it would take so long to train for each character.

[@fpicotte]

@@oliverer3 Nothing that MOOOAR 3090s can't solve!

[@AurelTristen]

Mark my... uh, comment. This will be a thing in the next 5 years. Either deep-fake tech, or V-tuber tech using a character creator as robust as the kind we find in so many video games these days.

[@BMarie774]

That would be so fucking cool...

[@Damivarius]

@@AurelTristen Next 5 years? FaceRig and Animaze let you do that already with any webcam.

[@roadie222]

This might be the hardest I've laughed at a Crew video!! When Dean and Nick started leaning in and becoming Wren that killed me!

[@Joe___R]

This would work a lot better if you use it with someone who already looks similar & has the correct face shape. It is rather impressive for being done live. That could definitely fool some people who don't know him as well and are looking at a lower resolution picture.

[@RyanConnell5150]

Or at the very least if Niko had shaved...

[@jaredsilvers2782]

Lower res or even just a smaller screen.

[@Mario-vl7un]

I think it’s more entertaining because it doesn’t work perfectly

[@psycless]

It's only going to get better!

[@willmfrank]

I could totally see Peter deepfaking Ryan Gosling, or even Dana Carvey.

[@CL0WN]

I love Niko and Wren being the focus of an episode.

[@Dr.Kryptanical]

7:09 The real troll was how many of us just tabbed out of the video to check if discord was still open or if someone was calling! how'd you get the audio capture that high quality, was it inputted directly?!, and yes we'd love to see a celeb omegle deepfake I don't care if it takes months to train it perfect just do it so convincing that it will be impossible to notice!

[@SwastikSwarupDas]

lmao I thought i got a discord call

[@Dimencia]

I specifically didn't check discord because it was too high def to be my discord. Which is kinda crazy now that you mention it. Just equalized to hell and back, I guess

[@ImaPizzaK]

@@CalebBerman morbin time

[@pmdesigns5798]

@@CalebBerman So you're telling me that I can go and do whatever I want and as long as I ask for forgiveness, I can go to Heaven? That's great! Where's my gun?

[@pmdesigns5798]

@@CalebBerman Oh, I see. So you're saying that God will forgive whatever I have done, not that God will forgive whatever I have done.

[@SlovoSanctum]

This was a lot of fun to watch! The technology seems kinda scary (like Wren said at the end!)

[@Quarks123]

you sure it was wren... 😝

[@riccardopetrina4212]

Well it only takes hundreds of images of yourself, the person you want to be, an expensive rig and a LOT of time. If it didn't need a lot of training it would've been scary.

[@SlovoSanctum]

@@riccardopetrina4212 Politicians have a lot of screen time...

[@sqlevolicious]

@@SlovoSanctum Luckily, there is redundancy in records of public appearances, even for celebrities (liability purposes too). So it would be impossible to pose as someone some-what famous in a deepfake and try to pull it off as real. Even if it was the most real deepfake possible, records would show otherwise. High-end security for these people are not idiots, they thought about these problems long before they were ever a real problem.

[@SlovoSanctum]

@@sqlevolicious I hear what you're saying, but have you seen the discourse since like the 2016 election? People will attach themselves to the first thing that even appears to be true.

[@TracksWithDax]

This is some truly mindbending stuff. Insane seeing how far the tech has come in such a ridiculously short time!! Also... three 3090s??? Geezus

[@_marshP]

Yeah Tech curves like that. It progresses a lot in a short amount of time, then sits still for a bit before progressing again.

[@prawnking79]

This isn’t anything new, face swapping apps have been around for a while and even Snapchat has had filters that let you someone else’s face from your camera roll over yours

[@TheZiggZagg]

@@prawnking79 That’s completely different.

[@OfficialSamuelC]

@@prawnking79 They aren’t even remotely the same.

[@quantuminfinity4260]

@@prawnking79 That's like saying a bugatti chiron is nothing new, this steam powered tractor machine is the pinnacle of sporting vehicles.

[@polkmusic]

Sam's reaction when Wren surprises him is classic. So funny.

[@denizdemir9255]

Wren with everyone else: “I think you’re supposed to try the other button” Wren with Jordan: “AAAAAAAAAAH”

[@SirWrender]

she heard me move behind the couch so all I could do was yell haha

[@Planet_films565]

@@SirWrender ha!

[@VinnieFarsheds]

10:00 so basically Niko has to learn how to become Wren by watching all of his movements, just like the AI learned their faces.

[@lepetitmonstre-3410]

real Wren peeking out behind the couch is comedy gold. What a wonderful gremlin of a man

[@shineshadow]

As a RPG Gamemaster I am mostly excited that this would allow for some really immersive Roleplaying Sessions online where everyone just deepfakes as the Character they are playing. That would be awesome!

[@NobleSteak]

Damn, that's actually a really cool idea, I can just imagine the GM putting on the face of an orc captain or something

[@nybergsgarage]

I call master chief. (not really. I have never roleplayed and wouldn't be able to do it.)

[@sqlevolicious]

No need to deepfake, you can just use face swap software, which is free. Deepfaking is for ultra-real face-swapping.

[@shineshadow]

@@sqlevolicious I am aware of those but not everyone wants to roleplay as a Cartoon Charakter or generic Person. Being able to look like Aragon for example would be very appealing to a lot of people. I think the real gamechanger here would be if anyone could easily create new faces or voices.

[@wesjett2008]

The Omegle thing would be super cool if you guys did one of those "Which celebrity do you look like?" quizzes first. Find an actor who has a similar face shape and bone structure. Would be interesting.

[@micahwest3566]

This is a great idea!

[@explorer0385]

Isn’t anyone gonna talk about Wren’s super evil and goofy mockery moment at 13:28??? I LOVED IT SO MUCH

[@DOGSDOGGER]

It'd be a lot of work, but I think doing a guessing game where everyone gets to "wear" each crew members' face and the targets have to guess who is piloting it could be pretty interesting. Would be a lot of permutations so it'd be a tall order to manifest, but this made me think of how funny that might be. You'd have to isolate the faces so trivial things like location, hair, etc. aren't detectable - it would be all about how each member can skillfully pick up on and execute each others' micro-mannerisms. Omegle pranks are much more immediatley accessible.

[@baqcasanke]

This is great idea! But yeah would be a lot of work training all the models

[@ironicanimations]

Yess, because if you focus, you can tell it’s Niko’s mannerisms, because his eyes are almost always closed, and he laughs while bending forward tilt thing

[@traviscansler223]

Eh… I don’t think that’d be as fun to watch as everyone just using celeb faces on strangers. They just have too much familiarity with each other to not guess it in like 10 seconds. Whereas, they could each pick a celeb that fits their face and mannerisms, and really sell it.

[@larion2336]

@@traviscansler223 Yeah this is actually a hard test case, with people who see you every day. If you used it on strangers they would be much less likely to notice anything. Although people would probably still pick up that it's fake after a little bit, the tech isn't _quite_ there yet with the blurriness and smudging. Still pretty good tho.

[@socks2441]

that is actually a brilliant idea. like some kind of twisted version of spy game.

[@ste11ar]

THAT INTRO ALONE WAS CRAZY! I LOVE YOUR GUYS' WORK SINCE THE GLITCHING MARIO!

[@chrismanning5232]

Only the very tiny last bit (after the last cut) of the intro was the deep fake. The majority was wren.

[@titularhero]

@@chrismanning5232 no shit sherlock

[@Spazbo4]

15:05 this made my spit my drink all over my pc monitor

[@atomicwookie]

Man sams "that was very scary" was so good even tho his physical reaction was small (guessing due to being I tired dad) I laughed so hard you guys have some of the best content so good even tho I'm a member of the corridor app if I see your video on my KZbin recommended I can't pass by watching a new video.

[@siemgerritsen3148]

I truly love deepfakes but on the other hand it's also pretty scary!

[@SCharlesDennicon]

Without softwares that will be able to automatically detect deepfakes, like countermeasures, yeah, it will be pretty fucking scary...

[@EricHamm]

Fraud is going to run wild. This is going to take the African Prince scam to the moon.

[@isaakjones3542]

Not unless you are a streamer, actor, or take daily selfies

[@FluxIsAWeeb]

15:10 I guess you could say the wrenfection is spreading.

[@BLAISEDAHL96]

I remember when you guys were messing around with faceapp a couple years ago and Niko predicted this technology would be available in video format. Crazy!!

[@darth_hylian]

This is actually scary. Is there software that can easily detect if something is deep faked? The wrong impersonations could be very problematic

[@simpleton7]

The biggest downsides here are easily controllable for an attacker - using someone with a similar face shape/build/hair, who can do a vocal impression (although that might not be needed for long). The regional manager of your company calls asking you to make a big transfer without the usual approval because it's time-sensitive. People fall for this all the time over the phone or even with a spoofed, similar or phished email address, and this is clearly convincing for a short amount of time for even a sceptical viewer.

[@mk-ul5tv]

Tbh even tho deepfakes are amazing, there's really no software needed, both context and regular vision are enough to understand if it's real or not

[@coltenh581]

@@mk-ul5tv It feels very dangerous to just assume you will be able to tell

[@fisheatsyourhead]

yes, there have been papers on machine learning algorithms that can tell a deep fake from unedited footage a big percent of the time. this level of editing has been possible for years, its only a problem because its a powerful tool almost anyone can access.

[@gamechannel1271]

@@simpleton7 The regional manager scenario doesn't work so well because you need to set up a recording session with the manager in the first place where you get his face from all angles an lighting conditions.

[@FatCatGarfield]

It is insanely scary how fast this tech is advancing. Just imagine how crazy this world is gonna be when this stuff lands in the wrong hands.

[@hollywoodguy70]

thankfully, it took the extensive facial scanning of Wren to even make this look as good as it did. It's not as mind bendy if you just take "celebrity" photos from around the web to program a mask.

[@KannyNguyen]

Do you rememeber the dude who got caught in North Korea for tearing down a propaganda poster and came back brain dead? I'm not saying he did or he was set up, but just imagine this tech is used for that and you have no proof to save your ass. That's just scary.

[@jarnobot]

@@hollywoodguy70 That's the pace of it's advancement is so scary. As it gets "better", less input material will be needed to create increasingly convincing deepfakes. The stage that it's currently in is already very convincing, and this is while the tech is still relatively yough. Imagine how accurate it will work in 2, 5, 10 or 20 years.

[@jdfshijhawkb]

14:04 - the censoring 😂 "Holy ****! You scared the shit outta me"

[@MikeBawden]

This was just about the funniest video you guys have ever produced. Not only was it amazingly informative, it really showed off the awesome culture at Corridor. Well done and thanks for sharing.

[@onlygaming8106]

best reaction ever 14:56

[@DanteYewToob]

Nick: “lemme close the door..” Sees Griffin and stands there awkwardly until he says “Hey-“ *SLAM* hahaha What a loveable asshole.

[@BobbySacamano]

Dude I can't even imagine what this would be like. It's a different level of uncanny valley, though better than just what I've known. Then having Wren pop up while you're so focused on trying to reconcile what is happening would probably make me pee myself.

[@TREVINparty]

14:55 is truly where it looks SO MUCH like wren

[@brianverduin]

Oh man, the reveals had me cry laughing. This channel lately keeps impressing me with the video ideas.

[@mhallaron]

Nice job! As far as audio goes - I think you guys should look into Descript or Wav2Lip or other audio deepfake solutions that are out there (especially considering Wren’s interest in sound design). They’re probably not real time (yet) but they still could be useful for any upcoming deepfake related projects.

[@baqcasanke]

Really all they need is a sound board with audio clips qued up. With the lag using video chat i think it would be believable

[@ajmusiq6742]

I can see this aging faster than we think. And then this becomes a kind of “Time capsule video”. Amusingly watching people getting easily amazed at such basic technology.

[@canadianguy1578]

This is really good. Doing something like this in real-time and getting good results is really crazy. The biggest problem I notice that you didn't really mention is that Wren has really defined dimples and creases around his mouth. Niko has very little dimples, around his mouth. Especially since his facial hair hides it. Niko has a very definitive creasing around his eyes when his mouth moves. The deepfake was doing what deepfakes do, and just smoothed the creases and dimples away. It is a bit noticeable to anybody with experience doing deepfakes. It should be especially noticeable to viewers when any sort of shadow crosses in front of the person's face. It would likely create strange blurring patterns as the deepfake smoothed the faces' features. Another great video! I like the informative topics like this one the best!

[@DalePWhyte]

The implications of this technology are still scary as Hell. I remember some creep last year tried to blackmail schoolgirls with deepfakes of them in sexual situations. Imagine what might happen when this technology becomes more commonplace and easy to use.

[@JanG859]

@@Faizan29353 No need to worry? How much time and money will society have to spend following up with criminal complaints? Will everyone have equal access? This stuff doesn't happen magically. There's technology to defeat viruses but they can't keep up and stay ahead.

[@baqcasanke]

Actually if deepfakes get really common and easy then we just wont be able to use video as admissible evidence... not without deep analysis of the video. Any video of compromising integrity will just be dismissed as fake. You just wont be able to black mail people with video any more. It wont be that bad. The bad period will be when they are still hard to make, but very convincing, and the public still has little knowledge. But that period will only last a couple years at most imo. Probably 2023-2025. After that windows movie maker will probably be able to make deepfakes and also tell if a video has been deepfaked lol

[@flinx]

@@baqcasanke video evidence has massively changed whether some crimes get prosecuted, and whether people get convicted. No more video evidence will mean fewer prosecutions and convictions for those crimes.

[@KaninTuzi]

@@baqcasanke Yep, now the rich and powerful have plausible deniability even for video evidence

[@2ndamendmentgirl102]

14:56 is JUST like that birthday party scene from "Signs". Genuinely still upsetting, even after re-watching it. The transition to WRENFACE is really smooth.

[@nathanycwong]

It’s crazy to see how deepfakes evolved. Would love to see speech cloning/synthesis explored as well!

[@thatonedaniel98]

And next thing we'll know, we will be meeting our deepfakes on the streets

[@stylezmorales]

respeecher does speech cloning :)

[@ambrozkeen]

@@stylezmorales real time??

[@stylezmorales]

@@ambrozkeen that I'm not sure off, gonna check it out when I get home. I'm curious of how it works myself and see what it's actually capable off.

[@DeathBringer769]

It's gotten pretty good as well. There was a site called "Not Jordan Peterson" where you could type in stuff and it would replicate his voice with scary accuracy. People kept misusing it to fake horrible stuff being said by him and then trying to post it online as "real," so it got shut down though. But it was a very interesting demonstration of where the technology currently is.

[@machbass]

It probably wouldn't be worth the work, but creating a rig that handles the lights and recording for deep-fake face referencing would be neat

[@Randerggan]

Once deepfakes become more popular with movie studios and the like, that's probably something that's going to be made in a product that will be available for video/movie makers, and the public, to buy

[@steelbluesleepR]

They already have that for capturing assets for CG, actually.

[@DeathBringer769]

@@steelbluesleepR Yep, I believe they call it a "capture volume." I remember seeing them do a bunch in the behind the scenes for Death Stranding, with the actor sitting in the center of a bunch of lights and cameras set up from like every possibly angle.

[@trollol1914]

6:09 aww, so cute 🥰 The best advertisement!

[@acikawu-tang5178]

You guys are great. Great content and always entertaining. You explain and make it easier to understand even for a rookie like me. Thanks.

[@QueerlyBeloved386]

Yo the moment you train the deepfake over your face at like 5:00 YOU BLEW MY GOD DAMN MIND!! Amazing. Nico for the win.

[@SomethingAboutChickens]

YO! Let's collab and make that Omegle video happen👀

[@AnAnimatorsWorld]

LOOOOL

[@TinyGiraffes]

He's right, it only looks like wren when he's really expressive

[@rimajin8]

These are legit the realest reactions of the channel. And Peter instantly spotted the impostor, what a genious

[@norwegiantechnolover]

4:42 *THERE IT IS AGAIN!* Please, can someone tell me what the name of this song is?? I've been searching for it since forever, but whenever I come across it, there's also talking on top of it so Shazam can't tell what it is *AND* it is never mentioned in the comments, nor in the video description. If anyone knows, it would truly make my day to learn what it's called. Would be great background music for drawing. :)

[@norwegiantechnolover]

After a couple of tries, Shazam managed to get it, despite the talking. It's called *Yi Nantiro - Blue Lantern* if anyone else is searching for it as well! :D

[@Wario7793]

Love the reactions when Wren pops up behind. Kind of like having a dream where you see someone you know in the next room and their voice comes from right behind you.. I actually had that dream, it was creepy AF!!

[@isaiahhiggins]

14:19 the scariest part is Wren smiling maniacally behind the couch

[@as-qh1qq]

That lighting with Niko on the couch is so good, it's amazing

[@Balisades]

As much as I like Niko's optimism for what crazy things this could be applied to it is actually very scary too, if in the wrong hands, which at some point is inevitable. I image smear campaigns doctoring false incriminating videos or blackmail. Even if proven as a fake, you can't wipe away that first impression in some peoples minds.

[@micahwest3566]

Yeah. If science fiction has taught us anything it is that technology won’t make the future better or worse, but more complicated

[@allenqueen]

Any tech in wrong hands is bad. The hands are wrong, what do you expect.

[@koda7720]

Niko has a really distinct presence and mannerisms. Personally that and the AI struggling with Wren's chin fuzz were the major tells otherwise I would definitely be fooled having never seen Wren in person.

[@fuckshit8219]

@@CalebBerman the fuck does that have to do with anything whatsoever

[@ryankramer]

13:57 Translation: "I'm putting in my two weeks!" LOL

[@geomfilms]

That's truly amazing technology! wow! Great job guys.

[@mandalaelk488]

Holy damn, it's been like a year, and we can do deep fake LIVE! I'm kinda excited and scared about what the future hold

[@mgames1710]

7:11 BRUHH you got me thinking my I was getting a discord call 😂

[@hi12345624]

After this there is no way you guys shouldn't make a horror film based on someone on the screen is behind you the whole time.

[@MrKChusker]

I did immediately go back and do a double take that it wasn’t deep fake Wren during the whole intro.

[@FredTheSpider]

Same lol

[@vitaliik6525]

Can't comprehend how they did not see it was fake from the first second. They could see the smallest nuances of professionally done CGI in movies. This was so bad like a filter mask on Instagram

[@106640guy]

Now were going to see people replacing others in zoom calls, this is gonna be crazy

[@danidisco284]

these guys are really good at what they do. no way the average person can pull this off realistically!

[@Nesggy]

@@danidisco284 with enough work an average person can do it

[@jack1313]

I've been following this project and the live version hasn't gathered a lot of community support, most people are sticking to the more accurate non real-time version. For someone to do this they'd need a NVidia GPU with 8+ GB Vram and ton of photos of the target person to train from (diff lighting and expressions ect) as well as a lot of time. Niko trained himself and Wren on three 3090's at the same time and took weeks, with more training needed and more settings to tweak. As cool as the live version is it needs a lot more data for training than the non real-time version they've been using before and doesn't look as good as deepfaking a video.

[@LimiOttertje]

You actually got me with the deepfake at the beginning, I only saw it at the moment you said "can I fool you?"

[@isaimelendez9006]

I think they changed it midway through. You don't see the weird marks until that cut

[@lukasmurmann625]

Only that last shot when he says that was the deepfake, all the previous was him

[@jackychang9148]

The moment when he says "can I fool you" was the only shot with the deepfake.

[@LimiOttertje]

@@isaimelendez9006 didn't thought ab that when I wrote this comment, thanks for letting me know tho!

[@vampirethespiderbatgod9740]

@@LimiOttertje What you saw was real. You got the deepfake the moment it was presented.

[@donf2944]

I think you need to use a high quality camera for the stream cam, then once the deepfake is comp'd in bump the quality down to stream quality with lower saturation and contrast. The quality difference in the webcam to the deepfake jumped at me and if you give a coating of compression as one unit it will sell the effect even more.

[@idioteq]

I love how they make this scary stuff so positive and awesome LOL Love it.

[@digital_grid121]

16:10 and they say I am not a vfx artist haha no one else figured it out that quickly

[@firstandlastname7454]

The intro was maaaad 🔥🔥🔥

[@satonice7059]

I could watch that scene at 17:31 in a loop, cause so many interesting emotions are expressed on their faces. Every rewatch I notice something new and it's really fun how their reactions transition into something totally different with basically every frame but in a way that makes so much sense!

[@thenikhilray99]

One of the best content by corridor recently. It was amazing to watch everyone's reactions.😂

[@RichieLarpa]

It depends on what you consider Corridor. I see that they got popular in their newer channel Corridor Crew with "VFX Artists React", which got viral and their channel got more famous to other people. But I remember times, where they shot films on their primary channel Corridor Digital (now known as simply Corridor), they still do, but not so much, compared to their regular content here. I am a veteran at this point (joined KZbin in 2008) and honestly I miss the older times, where the main channel was the star back in those days. I see that you are even older, that is why I am curious, how do you mainly recognize those guys?

[@Kopie0830]

Imagine playing a virtual reality game with star wars characters thinking that they're npc, then they go offscript.

[@jpconley5618]

Wren's pure joy at this prank is so wholesome.

[@paulkerman8906]

Oh we're still in the fun phase of this tech... Remember when Facebook was all just fun?

[@emtee7138]

The fact that it still took them a while to realize something was up is insane

[@ZeroKelvin0K]

This needs a second run but with Niko and Wren having the exact same haircut and facial hair to train the AI. And people need to be aware that this level is already possible on Highend consumer grade hardware.

[@GRAv111]

Niko should’ve wore a beanie to cover his hair. And some sunglasses would sell the idea

[@bradhaines3142]

the 3090 is basically consumer grade. the only difference would be the time it takes to do it

[@danidisco284]

I mean that still doesn't change the fact that their head shapes and bodies are totally different haha! we'd need to get somebody plastic surgery.

[@baqcasanke]

Well having the money for a computer with 3 3090’s in it isn’t really at the “consumer” level quite yet lol. But i get your point....

[@bradhaines3142]

@@baqcasanke the 3090 is what used to be called a 'titan' which is a 'prosumer' grade part, not quite quadro money, but above normal consumer hardware.

[@R1ckDeckard]

Yeah, that's impressive and totally terrifying at the same time

[@kdmendonk]

This entire video is such a great experiment. It's proof that deepfake isn't the solution for bringing back actors or a younger version of those because even if a person has the same face shape and you train the AI to make a deepfake to that specific double's face, this person will flex different muscles when they smile. When Niko smiles, his eyes get really small, much smaller than Wren's when he smiles so the deepfake will try to mimic what Niko's face is doing which is not what Wren's face would. You can't train someone to override what muscles their face will flex when doing complex facial expressions. So cool and so fun! I love this channel.

[@KORUPTable]

You can always train an ai with enough voice clips to get that down but doing that live holy crap, we know it's possible.

[@larion2336]

Adobe could fake voices years ago

[@derechte3666]

Love u guys👌I get so much inspiration from your videos😁

[@TheHannahcast]

Now I just want a video where EVERYONE is Wren. Everywren.

[@Arthurein]

Hey Niko! I was thinking that you could speed up the training process by including an auxilliary GAN discriminator for the reconstruction function. I'm not sure what the current deepfake technology looks like exactly, I've had good results reconstructing data with autoencoders that used the internal features of a GAN discriminator as a reconstruction function. If the software doesn't use GAN-like losses (as I intuit due to the slight blurriness of the result), maybe trying that out will give a final boost to the decoder!

[@Benzy670]

Hmmm yes I know some of these words. Take my upvote

[@kickass2117]

@@Benzy670 Redditor spotted.

[@oliverer3]

I like you funny words magic man!

[@Benzy670]

@@kickass2117 guilty 😂

[@Arthurein]

@TechConnor You are right!

[@NikFromm]

I would’ve loved it if after the reveal and the deepfake focuses on the other people there, that you guys would chant “WE ARE WREN,” in a robotic voice! Either way, incredible work as always!

[@aliceramdom.s]

no

[@Validifyed]

It's amazing that we are tlat the point where the deep fake itself is almost perfect, and it's just hair, mannerisms and face shape that hold it back

[@PlayerPaul]

7:11 how many people though they are being called by someone