{
  "id": 158553,
  "title": "The people on reddit acting like they could do better",
  "url": "/competitions/deepfake-detection-challenge/discussion/158553",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2020-06-14T16:40:33.126375100Z",
  "votes": 10,
  "comment_count": 7,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I came across this ars technica post and reddit thread. It's very annoying the \"experts\" trying to flex their knowledge on the subject and claiming this was an easy and previously solved task... and then citing GANS and how deepfakes use discriminators already. </p>\n\n<p>Not sure if I waste my time correcting people. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/\">https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/</a></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "886014",
      "postDate": "06/14/2020 16:40:33",
      "content": "<p>I came across this ars technica post and reddit thread. It's very annoying the \"experts\" trying to flex their knowledge on the subject and claiming this was an easy and previously solved task... and then citing GANS and how deepfakes use discriminators already. </p>\n\n<p>Not sure if I waste my time correcting people. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/\">https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I came across this ars technica post and reddit thread. It's very annoying the \"experts\" trying to flex their knowledge on the subject and claiming this was an easy and previously solved task... and then citing GANS and how deepfakes use discriminators already. \n\nNot sure if I waste my time correcting people. \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "886017",
      "postDate": "06/14/2020 16:44:32",
      "content": "<p>Alright - weighed in. Let's see now .... as the experts flex on all of us , while reading that thread they are more of \"general\" experts on AI and not \"technical\" experts.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Alright - weighed in. Let's see now .... as the experts flex on all of us , while reading that thread they are more of \"general\" experts on AI and not \"technical\" experts.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "886020",
      "postDate": "06/14/2020 16:48:31",
      "content": "<p>I lost my reddit passwd when I switch employers, but I would love to challenge them.  If so easy then why don't they come get the $500k easy money?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I lost my reddit passwd when I switch employers, but I would love to challenge them.  If so easy then why don't they come get the $500k easy money?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "887449",
      "postDate": "06/15/2020 17:16:45",
      "content": "<p>Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "887528",
      "postDate": "06/15/2020 18:04:11",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Not sure if I waste my time correcting people.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Yes, yes you do. Especially on Reddit. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "&gt; Not sure if I waste my time correcting people.\n\nYes, yes you do. Especially on Reddit.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "891985",
      "postDate": "06/18/2020 15:21:33",
      "content": "<p>Dont torture yourself, ignore the peanut gallery. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Dont torture yourself, ignore the peanut gallery.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "891999",
      "postDate": "06/18/2020 15:32:28",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Ouch! 😆 </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "&gt; Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)\n\nOuch! 😆",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "892004",
      "postDate": "06/18/2020 15:33:48",
      "content": "<p>I have a feeling that the Redditors are more \"scared\" of deepfakes than they understand the mechanics behind these things.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have a feeling that the Redditors are more \"scared\" of deepfakes than they understand the mechanics behind these things.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 886017,
      "author_name": "nxrprime",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/14/2020 16:44:32",
      "content": "<p>Alright - weighed in. Let's see now .... as the experts flex on all of us , while reading that thread they are more of \"general\" experts on AI and not \"technical\" experts.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 886020,
      "author_name": "cpmpml",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/14/2020 16:48:31",
      "content": "<p>I lost my reddit passwd when I switch employers, but I would love to challenge them.  If so easy then why don't they come get the $500k easy money?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 887449,
          "author_name": "anokas",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/15/2020 17:16:45",
          "content": "<p>Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 891999,
          "author_name": "tunguz",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/18/2020 15:32:28",
          "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Ouch! 😆 </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 887528,
      "author_name": "tunguz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/15/2020 18:04:11",
      "content": "<blockquote>\n  <p>Not sure if I waste my time correcting people.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Yes, yes you do. Especially on Reddit. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 891985,
      "author_name": "interneuron",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/18/2020 15:21:33",
      "content": "<p>Dont torture yourself, ignore the peanut gallery. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 892004,
      "author_name": "nxrprime",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/18/2020 15:33:48",
      "content": "<p>I have a feeling that the Redditors are more \"scared\" of deepfakes than they understand the mechanics behind these things.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "886014": "I came across this ars technica post and reddit thread. It's very annoying the \"experts\" trying to flex their knowledge on the subject and claiming this was an easy and previously solved task... and then citing GANS and how deepfakes use discriminators already. \n\nNot sure if I waste my time correcting people. \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/h8s62s/deepfakes_arent_very_goodnor_are_the_tools_to/",
    "886017": "Alright - weighed in. Let's see now .... as the experts flex on all of us , while reading that thread they are more of \"general\" experts on AI and not \"technical\" experts.",
    "886020": "I lost my reddit passwd when I switch employers, but I would love to challenge them.  If so easy then why don't they come get the $500k easy money?",
    "887449": "Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)",
    "887528": "&gt; Not sure if I waste my time correcting people.\n\nYes, yes you do. Especially on Reddit.",
    "891985": "Dont torture yourself, ignore the peanut gallery.",
    "891999": "&gt; Well, clearly getting $500k is harder than just topping the leaderboard ;)\n\nOuch! 😆",
    "892004": "I have a feeling that the Redditors are more \"scared\" of deepfakes than they understand the mechanics behind these things."
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