TIL my eye for spotting lip sync errors was totally wrong

I was in a deep fake detective group on Discord last month and someone pointed out I was always looking at the wrong part of the mouth. They said I should focus on the teeth and tongue movement instead of the lips themselves. I tried it on a viral video of a politician giving a speech and suddenly I could see the mismatch clear as day. Has anyone else realized they were missing something obvious like this for ages?

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charlies378d ago

Started watching a magic trick tutorial on YouTube and realized I'd been focusing on the hands the whole time when the real trick was happening in their sleeve, just totally wrong angle. Same thing happened when I tried to figure out how my friend faked a laugh in a group photo, I was staring at her mouth but the giveaway was actually in her eyes not blinking right. It's wild how our brains get stuck on one tiny detail and miss the whole picture, like when you're so sure a song lyric is one thing then someone tells you the real words and you can't unhear it. I swear this whole noticing stuff thing is just a game of "where's the real detail hiding" and most of us are bad at it.

theajohnson8d ago

That's a really good point charlies37 made about the eyes not blinking right, I never even thought of that before. Always figured the mouth was the only tell, but now I'm gonna have to watch for the teeth and tongue too. It's funny how once someone points out the actual giveaway, you feel kind of silly for not seeing it sooner. Makes you wonder what else we're all just glossing over.

jordan_hill8d agoMost Upvoted

Start watching for the little muscle twitches around the eyes, @theajohnson, once you see it you can't unsee it. I was watching an interview the other day and the guy smiled fine but his eyes never changed shape, stayed totally flat, and that's what gave it away as fake. It's like how when you're watching a magician you automatically look at their hands but the real work is in their elbows or shoulders. Our brains just lock onto the most obvious spot and ignore everything else. Makes me wonder how many conversations I've had where I was reading the mouth instead of the eyes and getting the wrong idea about someone.