Top AI expert ‘completely terrified’ of 2024 election, shaping up to be ‘tsunami of misinformation’::“I can’t prove that," says Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. “I hope to be proven wrong. But the ingredients are there.”

  • FarFarAway@startrek.website
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    10 months ago

    Well, shit. This explains a lot. But also, what chucklehead thought that was a good idea.

    I know, now that you mention it, I vaguely remember something about how they didn’t think it should be kept only by some corps or something. Which is commendable but at the same time, ugh.

    I have no problem with everyone being able to use it ,but there should have been an introductory period, if nothing else. Jeeze.

    Whelp, fake everything here we…are.

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      10 months ago

      Feels like people probably said the same thing about the printing press when it came around. Imagine the sheer increase in volume of printed lies after its invention.

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      10 months ago

      Social media corps just need to use AI to cross check what is in Video/Photos against various established news organizations. Pretty sure that will be the solution - moderating AI content with AI