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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh yes that's right the Tories won't lose because of any of their behaviors over the last 15 years, no it's 100% because of this evil AI.

Nothing is ever their fault is it

[–] obinice 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The AI made them do it!!

The computer in the Number 10 basement, Thatchbot 4000, knows the nuclear launch codes, so they have to do as it says...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Given our current showing I'm not sure nuclear threat is really an issue.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

This will be used to implement even more authoritarian internet and tech laws as always.

Also are the Tories going to pull a GOP-style fake election accusation when they're voted out?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't really seem like a new problem. It wasn't so long ago that most news was disseminated in text form which has been easily faked forever. The solution should be improving the ways of verifying the information we receive. I guess the main difference now is most people would see a video on social media and believe it. 20-25 years ago I was taught not to believe everything you read online and that hasn't changed.

[–] thehatfox 3 points 8 months ago

There's a big difference between reading an article claiming a politician did something, and watching video that (appearers to) shows a politician doing something. That's the danger with deepfakes, that they will reach the point where direct audio-visual sources can no longer be trusted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean... Cassetteboy was a form of deepfaking. Yes, obvious; Yes, Satire; but it still got an image of Johnson or May in your head, saying (singing) something that they didn't say.

If anyone uses this as an excuse to question the validity of elections, they need to be ashamed of themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Cassetteboy wasn't really a form of deepfaking, he took clips of them literally saying the words and then pitch adjusted them, that's all.

Deepfaking is much more involved, and in terms of audio you typically need a voice actor to make a convincing enough copy. People seem to find it harder to recognise AI images than AI sounds.

Trey Parker did a great video on deepfakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WfZuNceFDM

[–] byroon 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

At the last election, the tory party changed their twitter account display-name and profile-picture to pretend to be the "Fact Check UK" account. They have no integrity. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/19/tories-tweet-anti-labour-posts-under-factcheckuk-brand
Edit: to be clear, I do think the potential for deepfake misinfo is concerning. But the Tories can absolutely fuck off about it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

ah, setting up the excuse already

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Whilst I don't doubt we'll see this sort of thing, I don't think it's gonna have much to do with the Tories inevitable defeat in the coming election.

That said, it's definitely something we're going to have to figure out in the coming years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We can't rest on our laurels regarding tory defeat. I mean I can, I'm in one of the safest Labour seats in the country, but as a nation...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't think there's gonna be a landslide or anything, but I don't think they've got a hope in hell of being the largest party in 2025.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I really hope you're right

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Being it on.

The deep fakes can't be any worse than the melts that are currently fcuking it up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Deepfake videos generated using artificial intelligence could provide the “perfect storm” for the UK’s adversaries to influence the upcoming general election, the home secretary has warned.

He warned that adversaries working on behalf of countries like Iran or Russia could flood social media platforms with highly realistic AI-generated deepfake videos in an attempt to sway voters.

“The era of deepfake and AI-generated content to mislead and disrupt is already in play,” Mr Cleverley told The Times, adding that “increasingly today the battle of ideas and policies takes place in the ever-changing and expanding digital sphere.”

Earlier this month tech giants including Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and 17 others agreed to work together to prevent deceptive AI content, but this pact did not commit to banning deepfake videos.

Mr Khan, who was the victim of an AI-generated recording of him supposedly making inflammatory remarks in the run-up to Armistice Day protests last year, said the regulation around the fakes is currently “not fit for purpose.”

Ahead of the EU elections, Facebook owner Meta said it is setting up a team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of AI as concerns about misuse of the technology to manipulate voters loom.


The original article contains 509 words, the summary contains 197 words. Saved 61%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Nah even AI isn't that much of a c.unit as the Tory party is, so we know what is AI generated and what isn't.

[–] doublejay1999 1 points 8 months ago

and the media gobble it up. .

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If they're using it for bad, fair game to use it for good with some AI deepfakes too. I wonder if we'll see a paparazzi style video of Bibi eating a pork chop soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What has the Israeli PM got to do with UK elections?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Weird, I don't think I mentioned the UK in my comment. While I'm sure the Israeli PM has quite a bit to do with UK elections, it wasnt mentioned in the article.

I was speaking about AI being used for immoral political discourse, which is what the article speaks to, and extrapolated the concept to other areas it in can have an arguably positive impact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a UK community. I assumed you were relating it to the UK somehow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your UK community ended up on the front page of someone outside the UK, it's a risk you take when discussing things that others are participating that aren't a part of you society.

Gives you something to think about anyway, depending on the context.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

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