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AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by ActionHank »

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #10

My feeling is that the media including newspapers are the ones destabilizing the concept of truth itself in their reporting. The media have been going out of their way to elevate themselves as the arbiters and gatekeepers of “truth” all the while using their coverages and how they frame the coverages to push people towards their view of the world.

A major function of journalism is to verify news before publishing, the issue is likely due to social media where there are very few mechanisms to correct misinformation.

Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by hnu234 »

The concept of truth has always been fuzzy when it comes to politics. When was there are stable time for the concept of truth in politics? The entire political system of ads, media, speeches, etc are full of misrepresentations, outright lies or lies by omission.

I guess washingtonpost is upset because historically it was the job of washingtonpost, foxnews, msnbc, nytimes, etc to destabilize the concept of truth. But they shouldn't fret. They should view AI as a tool rather a competitor.

Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by grbsh »

There’s a lot of worry about deepfakes and determining whether content is authentic. But I think the even bigger issue is that now, individuals and small groups will be able to have a similar influence as well-funded think tanks. I wrote about this more in depth here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/22/ai-deep...

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Post by bookofjoe »

avgcorrection wrote: post #5

My favorites (will be topped in a month tops): - President Biden teaches you how to get a goth girlfriend - The three last players^W presidents have a Metal Gear Solid let’s play (Trump is surprisingly level-headed so far)

the first one is the funniest thing I've read in a while

Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by text0404 »

j45 wrote: post #4

It might be more accurate to say some people are using AI to try and destabilize the concept of truth. AI sitting on it's own on a computer won't do this. Someone has to compel it. My question is if it can be used to destabilize truth, how can AI help make inherent truth (true from all/most angles and interpretations) stand out more?

by helping investigative journalists sift through large datasets to uncover patterns, like the Panama Papers or Snowden docs. essentially, finding leads for journalists to investigate.

Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by gnarlouse »

ActionHank wrote: post #11
RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #10

My feeling is that the media including newspapers are the ones destabilizing the concept of truth itself in their reporting. The media have been going out of their way to elevate themselves as the arbiters and gatekeepers of “truth” all the while using their coverages and how they frame the coverages to push people towards their view of the world.

A major function of journalism is to verify news before publishing, the issue is likely due to social media where there are very few mechanisms to correct misinformation.

I mean can we really, in good faith, call Fox News “Journalism”? Let alone MSNBC or CNN

Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by [deleted] »

hnu234 wrote: post #12

The concept of truth has always been fuzzy when it comes to politics. When was there are stable time for the concept of truth in politics? The entire political system of ads, media, speeches, etc are full of misrepresentations, outright lies or lies by omission. I guess washingtonpost is upset because historically it was the job of washingtonpost, foxnews, msnbc, nytimes, etc to destabilize the concept of truth. But…

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Re: AI is destabilizing 'the concept of truth itself' in 2024 election

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Post by r0s »

The idea of truth based on recorded media is a boat that sailed away long long ago.

People are very used to being deceived by advertising in general and political media especially. The article mentions certain politicians dismissing any media critical of them as AI deepfakes, a claim the article then instantly fact-checks (without irony).

Denial and lies are not new in any sense. Fake media is not new, and analog fakes have a very long history. Photoshop didn't destabilize anyone's concept of truth beyond the extremely gullible.

It's hard for me to imagine AI having significant, let alone measurable impact here.

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