The last few years have significantly increased global interest in generative artificial intelligence. Deepfakes, which are synthetically created videos, emerged as an application of generative artificial intelligence. Fake news and pornographic content have been the two most prevalent negative use cases of deepfakes in the digital ecosystem. Deepfakes have some advantageous applications that experts in the subject have thought of in the areas of filmmaking, teaching, etc. Research on the potential of deepfakes among people with disabilities is, however, scarce or nonexistent. This workshop paper explores the potential of deepfakes as an assistive technology. We examined Reddit conversations regarding Nvdia's new videoconferencing feature which allows participants to maintain eye contact during online meetings. Through manual web scraping and qualitative coding, we found 162 relevant comments discussing the relevance and appropriateness of the technology for people with Autism. The themes identified from the qualitative codes indicate a number of concerns for technology among the autistic community. We suggest that developing generative AI-based assistive solutions will have ramifications for human-computer interaction (HCI), and present open questions that should be investigated further in this space.

翻译：过去几年中，全球对生成式人工智能的兴趣显著增长。深度伪造作为一种合成的视频内容，成为生成式人工智能的应用实例。在数字生态系统中，虚假新闻和色情内容一直是深度伪造最常见的负面用例。然而，该领域的专家也设想了一些深度伪造的有利应用场景，如电影制作、教学等。但针对残疾人群体的深度伪造潜力研究却极为匮乏，甚至空白。本工作坊论文探讨了深度伪造作为辅助技术的可能性。我们分析了关于英伟达新视频会议功能的Reddit对话，该功能允许参与者在在线会议中保持眼神交流。通过手动网络爬取和定性编码，我们发现了162条相关评论，讨论该技术对自闭症人群的相关性和适用性。从定性编码中识别出的主题表明，自闭症社群对该技术存在若干担忧。我们建议，开发基于生成式人工智能的辅助解决方案将对人机交互产生深远影响，并提出了该领域需要进一步研究的开放性问题。