Creating a deepfake computer setup

Creating a deepfake requires building serious models, using specialized software on systems that have more than a little computing horsepower. The system used for testing and in the screenshots for this chapter is more modest. It has an Intel i7 processor, 24 GB of RAM, and an NVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super GPU. This system is used to ensure that the examples will run in a reasonable amount of time, with reasonable being defined as building a model in about half an hour or less. The example as a whole will require more time, likely in the hour range. The following sections will help you install a TensorFlow setup that you can use for autoencoder and GAN development without too many problems, and help you test your setup to ensure it actually works.

Installing TensorFlow on a desktop system

Desktop developers may already have TensorFlow installed, but if you’re not sure then you likely don’t. The technique for creating the advanced...