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AI questioned as psyops to flood world with deepfakes

A user on Mastodon questioned whether artificial intelligence is being used as a psychological operation to inundate the world with dubious content. The concern is that this could enable authorities to dismiss genuine evidence of government misconduct as deepfakes. AI

RANK_REASON User speculation on a social media platform about AI's potential misuse.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

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AI questioned as psyops to flood world with deepfakes

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Do you think # AI is just a psyops to flood the world with questionable content so when actual evidence of government wrongdoing emerges they can just call it d

    Do you think # AI is just a psyops to flood the world with questionable content so when actual evidence of government wrongdoing emerges they can just call it deepfake?