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> It doesn't require an AGI for fascists to come into power and start shooting people they don't like with impunity. But AI makes it easier for fascists to ris
by fakedang 2y ago
> It doesn't require an AGI for fascists to come into power and start shooting people they don't like with impunity.
But AI makes it easier for fascists to rise up and maintain their power through propaganda. For example, there are known cases of American operatives based in Russia spreading fake GPT generated stories about Ukraine, the Dems, etc. While before, they would have had to rely on a team in India to write poorly written articles, now they have GPT tools to write convincing ones *at scale*.
- walterbell 2y agoWhat's a good example of a convincing article written by a GPT tool?
- klibertp 2y agoWhat's your definition of "convincing"? From what I understand about propaganda, you don't need any single article to be "convincing"; you just need to hammer your point long enough and frequently enough. Not to mention, if you just want to drown your opponent's points, it's enough for your messaging to be barely legible.
- walterbell 2y ago"Convincing" and "censorship-by-spamming" are different. Humans can already recognize GPT text slop as non-human, ignoring it before it can make any point or do any convincing.
- fakedang 2y agohttps://cybernews.com/news/ai-bots-chatgpt-spread-russia-propaganda/ https://cybernews.com/news/ai-bots-chatgpt-spread-russia-pro... The article talks about how they're being used this election cycle.