With artificial intelligence now able to generate convincing fake news, decreasing numbers of people will be able to differentiate between it and a reality defined by knowledge, wide reading and critical thinking. For many, one picture has become worth a thousand words of 'truth'.
The tool is now frequently used by the far-right, but it occurs to me that a.i. generated imagery is a double-edged sword, one that can be wielded as a weapon against the Amerika's fanatics. What follows is not so much fake as it is predictive of the near future under Trump's land of the 'free' and home of the 'brave'.
"Artificial intelligence" looks to me to be media hype more than anything else. Yes, there are new search programs that can do amazing things but they are not intelligent . They don't even grasp the concept of true versus false.
ReplyDeleteThat inability to grasp the concept is likely viewed as their greatest strength by some, Toby. The puppet masters controlling them will provide their own 'values', with mischief unleashed.
DeleteCompletely off topic but here is an interesting blog post by the noted statistician and political scientist, Andrew Gelman, on the New York mayoralty race. White House / NYC Mayoral Race strategy: Life imitates blog</a
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Thanks, Anon. an interesting piece, and it will be a riveting race in which there appears to be a number of variables, not least of which is Trump's increasing propensity for getting involved in the operations of cities (not unlike Doug Ford's own inclinations when it comes to Toronto).
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