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AI-generated avatars in 'Walled Gardens' risk misleading the elderly

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Large Language Models are being used to create AI-generated avatars that can impersonate people within "Walled Gardens," potentially misleading elderly and computer-illiterate individuals. These avatars are designed to say and show exactly what users want to see, creating echo chambers and encouraging prolonged engagement. This technology not only impacts the market for hardware like GPUs but also poses a significant risk of misinformation to a large population. AI

IMPACT AI-generated avatars could create sophisticated echo chambers, potentially misleading vulnerable populations and impacting hardware markets.

RANK_REASON The item discusses the societal impact and potential misuse of LLMs in creating deceptive avatars, framed as an opinion or warning.

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AI-generated avatars in 'Walled Gardens' risk misleading the elderly

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    LLM technological advances We need to educate our elderly that many things they see on Walled Gardens, spoken by what looks like people, are in fact just Avatar

    LLM technological advances We need to educate our elderly that many things they see on Walled Gardens, spoken by what looks like people, are in fact just Avatars generated with Large Language Models. These things will show whatever you like to see say whatever you like to hear be…

    LINKS en.wikipedia.org/…/Animation en.wikipedia.org/…/Large_language_model en.wikipedia.org/…/Walled_garden en.wikipedia.org/…/Closed_platform en.wikipedia.org/…/Audio_signal

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