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Courts already have processes in place to challenge evidence; I’m not worried about them. The problem with deepfakes is the instant amplification they’ll get f

by efitz 3y ago

Courts already have processes in place to challenge evidence; I’m not worried about them. The problem with deepfakes is the instant amplification they’ll get from media and well-intentioned responses from people of good faith. So there will be the deepfake of (insert your favorite politician) saying something unsavory and it’ll be taken at face value and a bunch of people will cancel their social media and bank accounts and protest in front of their houses etc etc. The solution is super simple but unpalatable in today’s culture - waiting periods. What if corporations were required by law to wait 30 days after a public spectacle before taking action? This would provide time for the victim to defend themselves and the truth to come out. Similarly I have always thought that passing laws in the heat of the moment results in people’s rights being tramples. What if legislators were required to wait one year before passing laws in response to a public event of some sort? This would give time for passions to cool and alternatives to be considered and impacts to be weighed. But this is all a pipe dream, let’s just cancel them immediately like we do now.

cthalupa 3y ago
> What if legislators were required to wait one year before passing laws in response to a public event of some sort? Someone discovers a way to bypass regulations and legislature and easily acquire the material needed to create a dirty bomb and sets one off. Now we wait 365 days to fix the loophole. Pretty obviously an absurd extremity for that example, but I sure as shit don't want there to be that level of lag time on important things like that, and I imagine most people would also want to be able to move faster in situations where it is dangerous not to. How do we determine where that line is, what the exceptions are, etc.? What happens when we need an exception and didn't realize it?
- efitz 3y ago
  The situation you describe is really contrived. What happens in real life is that in emergencies, the legislature passes some “sentencing enhancement” that adds on a decade or three of prison time in the circumstance. Or they create a new bureaucracy that in the end just makes life worse for everyone, like the DHS and all the airport suckage that happened after 9/11 - if you’re too young to remember, flying on airplanes did not always suck.

by efitz 3y ago

cthalupa 3y ago

> What if legislators were required to wait one year before passing laws in response to a public event of some sort? Someone discovers a way to bypass regulations and legislature and easily acquire the material needed to create a dirty bomb and sets one off. Now we wait 365 days to fix the loophole. Pretty obviously an absurd extremity for that example, but I sure as shit don't want there to be that level of lag time on important things like that, and I imagine most people would also want to be able to move faster in situations where it is dangerous not to. How do we determine where that line is, what the exceptions are, etc.? What happens when we need an exception and didn't realize it?

efitz 3y ago
The situation you describe is really contrived. What happens in real life is that in emergencies, the legislature passes some “sentencing enhancement” that adds on a decade or three of prison time in the circumstance. Or they create a new bureaucracy that in the end just makes life worse for everyone, like the DHS and all the airport suckage that happened after 9/11 - if you’re too young to remember, flying on airplanes did not always suck.