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It scares me a bit that AI has been so destabilizing so quickly, such a tool for a would be "axis of upheaval" or smaller antagonists to help inflame and agitat

It scares me a bit that AI has been so destabilizing so quickly, such a tool for a would be "axis of upheaval" or smaller antagonists to help inflame and agitated the world. And it scares me just as much that the likely "someone has to do something about this" that surely will come. There's thoughts floating around like Originator Profile & Content Authenticity, which seems like voluntarily ways to start letting sites vouch for their content, and that seems ok... https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/70 https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/70 https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/90 https://github.com/w3c/tpac2024-breakouts/issues/90 ..but it feels like there is a rapidly growing angst about mis and disinformation and that eventually some nations are going to start demanding truth, and only truth, online, and it feels implausible except by letting only very few speak at all. It also bothers me that HN seems to be sweeping these issues with AI under the rug. It feels like many of these deepfake articles almost immediately get flagged. Yesterday the article on AI generated image of Trump in blue-jeans walking through flood water being widely shared for flagged quite quickly too. Now this? This is so what the current moment of technology & it's role in society is, right here, and malfeasants projecting their petty narrow view via suppression seem to be winning the day already. https://futurism.com/the-byte/donald-trump-hurricane-ai https://futurism.com/the-byte/donald-trump-hurricane-ai

atmavatar 2y ago
There's good reason for the angst. A cornerstone that's absolutely necessary for representative government to function is a well-informed public. Mis/disinformation becoming more prevalent and more convincing, already making it extremely difficult to debunk effectively, and the echo chambers afforded by social media algorithms and tailored-to-your-bias balkanization of traditional media makes debunking nigh impossible. "more speech" doesn't work when it can't penetrate the bubbles people live in. So, we're in a bit of a catch-22: risk destroying freedoms via censorship or leave things alone and let them disappear on their own as society self-destructs due to a populace that no longer lives within a shared reality. A viable third option would be really nice.

atmavatar 2y ago

There's good reason for the angst. A cornerstone that's absolutely necessary for representative government to function is a well-informed public. Mis/disinformation becoming more prevalent and more convincing, already making it extremely difficult to debunk effectively, and the echo chambers afforded by social media algorithms and tailored-to-your-bias balkanization of traditional media makes debunking nigh impossible. "more speech" doesn't work when it can't penetrate the bubbles people live in. So, we're in a bit of a catch-22: risk destroying freedoms via censorship or leave things alone and let them disappear on their own as society self-destructs due to a populace that no longer lives within a shared reality. A viable third option would be really nice.