The Vague Horror of Face Swap HD

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Face Swap Horror! Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Face Swapping isn’t new, but it sure is popular these days with things like the Face Swap Challenge, and apps like, FaceSwap Live, MSQRD, and of course, Snapchat. But we can’t help but notice that there’s something…. weird about the face swap. Something… horrific. Perhaps it’s even an example of the Body Horror genre, especially when face swaps go wrong. Glitchy face swaps have a certain gruesomeness about them but they also reveal something interesting about the relationship between humans and computers. When a computer doesn’t know the difference between your face or a hubcap, what does that say about the way computers see us? Let us know what you think in the comments! ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­--------------------------­-­- CHECK OUT OUR NEW T-SHIRT! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B Designed by: http://artsparrow.com/ ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­--------------------------­-­- TWEET OF THE WEEK: https://twitter.com/MattuD2/status/733045677660471296 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­--------------------------­-­- FURTHER READING: http://newbooksnetwork.com/ian-bogost-alien-phenomenology-or-what-its-like-to-be-a-thing-university-of-minnesota-press-2012/ http://bogost.com/writing/blog/alien_phenomenology_or_what_it/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-be-an-alien/ https://muse.jhu.edu/article/609581 ----------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­--------------------------­-­- ASSET LINKS: Face Swapping With My Doppelgänger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKkbRzmw_gY 00:19 Know Your Meme Miracles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NCafHsclkQ 31 Face Swap Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqVEENNtZ3U :54 FACEBOOK SQUIRES VIDEO FILTER AP MSQRD TO SWUARE UP TO SNAPCHAT http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/09/facebook-acquires-video-filter-app-msqrd-to-square-up-to-snapchat/ :59 Copy a Copy a Copy - Molly Springfield The Art Assignment PBS Digital Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvUmCYb8XM 1:33 Hook (18) Movie CLIP - There You Are, Peter! (1991) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8ZEFUSYAI 1:46 face off movie cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYH0_tstIOk 3:19 THE FACE SWAP CHALLENGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-363g6r10 3:31 NIGHTMARE FUEL FACESWAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iDX7Rv-AYs 3:34 KIDS REACT TO FACE SWAP CHALLENGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTuXaTJAZg 3:36 MOM FREAKED OUT BY SNAPCHAT FILTER (VINE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFwuhYL80Mo 3:39 THE FACE SWAP CHALLENGE https://www.youtube.com/wat