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The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for AI deepfakes
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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Maybe deepfakes are enough of a scare that this becomes standard practice, and protects encryption from getting government backdoors.
Hey, congresscritters didn't give a shit about robocalls till they were the ones getting robocalled.
We had a do not call list within a year and a half.
That's the secret, make it affect them personally.
Doesn't that prove that government officials lack empathy? We see it again and again but still we keep putting these unfeeling bastards in charge.
Well sociopaths are really good at navigating power hierarchies and I'm not sure there is an ethical way of keeping them from holding office.
It really depends on their motivation. The ones we need to keep out are the ones who enjoy hurting others or don't care at all.