The Artificial Intelligence (AI) and DeepFake Technology Help in Resurrection Video of Einstein Predicting About New Coronavirus Outbreak is Hot Reddit

Unexpectedly, Einstein had predicted the new coronary pneumonia in 2019! And a video was recorded in 1950, encouraging everyone to unite and fight against the epidemic.

In this 57-second video, Einstein said this in English with a German accent:

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Albert Einstein.
All of us are in a war,
but our enemies are invisible and intangible.
Please stay at home, keep your distance and wash your hands frequently.
Together, we will be able to defeat the new crown virus.
Thank you.

When I first saw this video (High Energy Early Warning), the coffee cup in my hands shocked by the editor of Xin Zhiyuan dropped on the computer (the scene that the people like to see appeared). is this real? It looks like no sense of disobedience! Einstein's cunning smile through the essence of humanity, his iconic haircut and handsome stubble, even the wrinkles of his forehead and the reflection of the spectacle lenses are very delicate, and the tone and accent of speech are also very realistic. Because this is a video from 1950, the lens ratio is 4: 3, you can also see that there are some film-specific defects in the lens.

AI "Reincarnation" has never seen such a lively and wonderful Einstein image. In fact, this is obviously a man-made video, relying on AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AE (Adobe After Effects). Video author Chris is a video effects artist. This video mainly uses DeepFake technology and cooperates with the author's superb video special effects to create a fake Einstein video. Using AI to bring a late celebrity back to life is not new, but "no one has ever seen such a vivid and colorful image of Einstein," Chris said. Since there is no suitable video material, he bought some commercial Einstein video material at his own expense and provided a comparison chart before and after production. 

The video production process mainly used the following methods:

1. Video recovery (to get rid of jitter and film artifacts)
2. Super expansion (upgrading standard definition image quality to high definition image quality)
3. Sharpen and add details to recreate lost details.
4. Black and white to color
5. Use DeepFake to lip shape
6. 23fps to 48fps

This less than a minute video took Chris almost a week to produce. When asked if there are any unique cheats or pure krypton gold to achieve such a realistic effect, Chris said there are none. Perhaps the only cheats are: patience and perseverance . Einstein is used because he is a wise intellect, and his face is known to everyone. If Einstein "stands out" to call on everyone to take some action (such as washing hands frequently and going out less), maybe everyone will be more acceptable.

DeepFake originated from an anonymous Reddit user "DeepFake", who began publishing fake celebrity pornographic pictures in 2017. The DeepFake algorithm developed by this user on Reddit is very robust and reliable, and it is very easy to operate." Later, this user opened his code on GitHub, and other developers have implemented some similar algorithms and continuously improved. Everyone who can connect to the Internet, with a little computer programming and machine learning basics, can run DeepFake and start making fake videos. Of course, this has also caused a lot of concerns, especially politicians and celebrities have many public videos and pictures on the Internet, which are easy to be used by criminals or people with ulterior motives. Many countries have also begun to consider formulating relevant policies to prohibit the release of content produced by DeepFake.