Deepfakes: The Looming Threat Of 2020

Shelly Duvall is hiding from her crazed husband as he chops down the door with an axe. Jim Carrey sticks his head through the opening and cackles the iconic line: "Here's Johnny!" What you're seeing is not a Hollywood special effect. It wasn't done with After Effects, green screen, or with costuming and makeup. The video is a fake created by deep learning artificial intelligence – a deepfake.