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Bill Hader impersonates Arnold Schwarzenegger [DeepFake]
A deepfake in which Bill Hader, impersonating Arnold Schwarzenegger on a talk show, visibly morphs into Schwarzenegger. It was made with DeepFaceLab by Ctrl Shift Face.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to as one of the most impressive early deepfakes, where a good impersonation makes the effect convincing and funny.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Ctrl Shift Face
- Topic
- deepfakes
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Speaking of fake news, this DeepFake video (SFW) is the most impressive I've seen so far: "Bill Hader impersonates Arnold Schwarzenegger [DeepFake]" [VIDEO]
jobigoud on Hacker News · 2019-05
In Leaks indicate 2018 gas attacks in Syria may not have happenedCtrl Shift Face on YouTube has some really good stuff. There are definitely artifacts in this vid but the seamless transitions are pretty crazy - [VIDEO] To me the odd part is that these are just generally individuals tinkering with the technology using source material …
jcims on Hacker News · 2019-08
In ‘Deepfakes’ Trigger a Race to Fight Manipulated Photos and Videos
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.