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> There's no easy solution to this crisis. Put down the phone, close that youtube, tik tok or whatever tab. Don't try to explain to your relatives which video
by throwawayffffas 10mo ago
> There's no easy solution to this crisis.
Put down the phone, close that youtube, tik tok or whatever tab.
Don't try to explain to your relatives which video is AI and which is not, explain to them that everything on the internet is bullshit and trolling, AI or not it does not matter it's all bullshit to sell ads.
Tell them they are better off watching TV, even Fox news.
- simmerup 10mo agoWhen mass voting patterns change because they’re being influenced by AI it will affect you
- throwawayffffas 10mo agoBecause these platforms did not massively affect voting patterns before AI generated videos were a thing?
- simmerup 10mo agoOf course social media affected voting patterns AI is going to turbo charge that and allow fewer people (those with the wealth to buy the compute) to sway more opinions
- throwawayffffas 10mo agoWhile I don't disagree with your point. My main point is that trying to educate people to spot AI videos is pointless, in a matter of months, years the output will be impossible to discern from real videos. The central problem is the platforms and the wild west around disinformation campaigns. The AI is just an accelerant and we were on fire already.
- timacles 10mo agoThats really why governments are "racing" and backstopping the AI effort, its the most powerful propaganda tool ever invented.
- simmerup 10mo agoYou’re right, it is the most powerful propaganda tool. However, most western governments have checks and balances to stop the abuse Its billionaires and adversary states using the tools to subvert the west
- geysersam 10mo ago> Tell them they are better off watching TV, even Fox news. The good old original brain rot
- wiredpancake 10mo ago[dead]
- codyb 10mo agoI always take January off from a variety of things... This year I added in my phone which I keep across the room all day and haven't been taking when I leave the house. I'd already gotten rid of social media, and blocked most news on my phone, and youtube... and have almost all notifications silent And yet it's still amazing at just how much calmer the world feels with out the phone anywhere near me lol.