Can AI fix fake news?

#1

Post by pauloteixeira » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 12:08 PM UTC

Re: Can AI fix fake news?

#2

Post by onpedrof » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 12:13 PM UTC

I believe it will be helpful we keep developing fact-checking tools with AI. But the video side... It's scary. The implications there can be once AI keeps generating more and more fake videos from famous/important people are tremendous...

Re: Can AI fix fake news?

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Post by fmfamaral » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

onpedrof wrote: post #2

I believe it will be helpful we keep developing fact-checking tools with AI. But the video side... It's scary. The implications there can be once AI keeps generating more and more fake videos from famous/important people are tremendous...

The videos are scary but still easy to distinguish from the real thing. Hopefully, as machines get better at creating them, they will also get better at identifying the fakes.