TED Tech The TED AI Show: Is AI destroying our sense of reality? with Sam Gregory
May 21, 2024
Human rights activist and technologist Sam Gregory discusses the impact of AI on reality, including deepfakes and misinformation. The podcast explores the challenges of spotting AI-generated content, the rise of deep fake videos, and the importance of digital literacy in navigating a world shaped by AI.
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TikTok Alien Hoax That Fooled Viewers
- Bilawal Sidhu created an AI-generated alien invasion video from Miami mall footage that some viewers believed was real.
- The real incident was a teenage fight and police response, showing how easily AI can amplify false narratives.
The Visual Turing Test Is Breaking
- Sam Gregory and Bilawal note the visual Turing test is being shattered as AI makes images and video indistinguishable from reality.
- New tools like Sora push video realism toward minute-long, lifelike scenes that deeply challenge trust.
Shallow Fakes Dominate, But Scope Widens
- Shallow fakes remain the majority because they're trivial to make, but deception is expanding across images, audio, and video.
- Audio cloning is already trivially easy and widely abused, while complex video remains harder but is advancing fast.