The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica The Rise of Generative AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation
Oct 19, 2023
Researchers Bill Marcellino and Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga discuss the rise of generative AI and its impact on social media manipulation. They explore the use of generative AI for political and security purposes, motivations of nation-state actors, technology asymmetry, scale and control of information propagation, and combatting manipulative content on social media.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Generative AI and Political Manipulation
01:56 • 9min
Motivations and Goals of Nation-State Actors in Social Media Manipulation
11:18 • 2min
Asymmetry in the technology ecosystem and limitations of generative AI-powered models
13:29 • 4min
Scale, Control, and Information Propagation
17:34 • 4min
Understanding Troll Networks and Combatting Manipulative Content
21:54 • 18min