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Unsupervised Learning

Scaling Misinformation With AI

Aug 7, 2024
Daniel Miessler, an expert in AI and misinformation, dives into the alarming ways AI can amplify disinformation efforts, particularly by foreign intelligence agencies. He highlights how tools like Millio Radar help create fake personas for propaganda. With AI's growing sophistication, ordinary individuals are increasingly vulnerable to manipulation. Miessler advocates for a crucial shift from a block list to an allow list system to tackle this pervasive issue and calls for a new model to verify content in a trust-eroding digital landscape.
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  • AI technology enables the creation of highly sophisticated disinformation campaigns, making it increasingly difficult for individuals to discern truth from deception.
  • A shift from an open access model to an allow list system is proposed to mitigate the risks of overwhelming online disinformation.

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The Threat of AI-Enhanced Disinformation

AI technology is increasingly being used to create sophisticated disinformation campaigns, exemplified by Russia’s use of a software called Meliorator to generate fake online personas. This advancement raises concerns about the potential for AI to be indistinguishable from human behavior, making it harder for individuals to identify fake content. As AI continues to improve, disinformation bots could become as effective as having large numbers of trained intelligence agents, leading to a significant increase in manipulation capabilities. The fear is that these highly advanced bots could produce a staggering volume of misleading content, posing a substantial risk to public perception and trust in online information.

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