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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.

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[Discussion] How can we deal with misinformation? (self.artificial_intel)

submitted 2 years ago by howrar to c/[email protected]

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With the rapid advances we're currently seeing in generative AI, we're also seeing a lot of concern for large scale misinformation. Any individual with sufficient technical knowledge can now spam a forum with lots of organic looking voices and generate photos to back them up. Has anyone given some thought on how we can combat this? If so, how do you think the solution should/could look? How do you personally decide whether you're looking at a trustworthy source of information? Do you think your approach works, or are there still problems with it?

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[–] Showroom7561 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is an unfortunate future. Unless something is done fast, the majority of content on the internet will simply be generated content with bots interacting with other bots.

Unless we only allow users who verify their identity to participate on certain websites, I can't see how else you could solve this problem.

Even then, some bad actors with a verified identity could be generating content using AI and posting it as their own.

I'm not even sure how anyone will be able to trust or believe any photo, video, or written idea online in the next 5 to 10 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I recently heard this view from someone who has worked with social media quite a lot, that we should basically only have verified online identities in the future. All unverified identities will be assumed to be bots. This is kind of sad to me, as anonymous online interaction still seems valuable. In any case, it does seem like a race: we try to make up tests to prove we’re human, others try to train AIs to pass those tests.

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