“I can’t prove that," says Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. "I hope to be proven wrong. But the ingredients are there."

Top AI expert ‘completely terrified’ of 2024 election, shaping up to be ‘tsunami of misinformation’::“I can’t prove that," says Oren Etzioni, professor emeritus at the University of Washington. “I hope to be proven wrong. But the ingredients are there.”

  • FarFarAwayEnglish
    37·
    6 months ago

    Well, shit. This explains a lot. But also, what chucklehead thought that was a good idea.

    I know, now that you mention it, I vaguely remember something about how they didn’t think it should be kept only by some corps or something. Which is commendable but at the same time, ugh.

    I have no problem with everyone being able to use it ,but there should have been an introductory period, if nothing else. Jeeze.

    Whelp, fake everything here we…are.

    • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Feels like people probably said the same thing about the printing press when it came around. Imagine the sheer increase in volume of printed lies after its invention.

    • ugjka@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Social media corps just need to use AI to cross check what is in Video/Photos against various established news organizations. Pretty sure that will be the solution - moderating AI content with AI