We’re now in the earliest stage of the Age of AI: Bill Gates warns of its potential to undermine elections and democracy

Revelations 13:14 “…by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth…”

Important Takeaways:

  • Microsoft founder Bill Gates has made it clear: AI is poised to change the world as we know it, and we need to start readying ourselves for that not-so-distant future.
  • “Soon after the first automobiles were on the road, there was the first car crash,” the billionaire wrote in a Tuesday post on his personal blog. “But we didn’t ban cars,” he added, arguing that we instead began to enforce “rules of the road.”
  • “We’re now in the earliest stage of another profound change, the Age of AI,” he continued. “It’s analogous to those uncertain times before speed limits and seat belts.”
  • Gates then went on to list a number of legitimate AI concerns that underscore the growing need for AI rules and regulations. At the top of Bill’s Bad List, notably, was the threat that AI poses to democratic election meddling and misinformation.
  • “Deepfakes and misinformation generated by AI could undermine elections and democracy,” Gates wrote. “On a bigger scale, AI-generated deepfakes could be used to try to tilt an election. Of course, it doesn’t take sophisticated technology to sow doubt about the legitimate winner of an election, but AI will make it easier.”

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Misinformation and AI generated Deepfakes, like Donald Trump being arrested, could have a huge impact on this upcoming election

Revelations 13:14 “…by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth…”

Important Takeaways:

  • Deepfakes showing arrest of Donald Trump go viral ahead of possible indictment
  • Deepfakes of former United States president Donald Trump being arrested and imprisoned have flooded Twitter as a New York Grand Jury decides whether to press charges over hush money payments made to a porn star in 2016.
  • Eliot Higgins, founder of open-source investigative outlet Bellingcat, created the images with an AI art generator and posted them in a thread which went viral on Wednesday.
  • The fake pictures, which show Mr Trump fighting off police and the reactions of his son and wife, have been viewed more than four million times.
  • Other images created by Mr Higgins show the former President fleeing from officers, breaking down in tears and donning an orange jumpsuit as he is put behind bars.
  • He captioned the thread: “Making pictures of Trump getting arrested while waiting for Trump’s arrest.”
  • As the deepfakes spread across social media some users suggested the images were real, fueling concerns about the use of AI in spreading potentially harmful misinformation.

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