AI likely will democratize disinformation by bringing sophisticated tools to the average person interested in promoting their preferred candidates as well. People no longer must be coding experts or video wizards to generate text, images, video, or programs. They don’t necessarily have to work for a troll farm to create havoc with the opposition. They can simply use advanced technologies to spread the messages they want. In that sense, anyone can become a political content creator and seek to sway voters or the media.
There will be plenty of people living within the UK who will be making efforts to rig the election in their favour. The tools to produce convincing disinformation is in the hands of everyone.
Blimey, Cleverly really is trying to lay the ground work, isn’t he, it’s not 13 years of Torry mis-management at all is it - it’s those foreign actors. Do they send the boats, too??? /s
There’s a difference between disinformation and “rigging an election”; disinformation will increase with AI, but most of the UK are not dependent on Social Media for information - and GBNews and TalkTV are dead in the water -“PopCons” are popular ‘in name only’!
When even Jacob Reece-Mogg is starting to think FPTP doesn’t work “the end is nigh” - and, bloody hell, they are scared, aren’t they!
AI deepfakes? - Bring it on! We’ll laugh at them in a very British way - with a bit of luck it’ll be as funny as Python or Blackadder, or possibly Spitting Image!
There’s a difference between disinformation and “rigging an election”.
Ah yes you’re right. Perhaps I misinterpreted the original article. Since the focus was on deepfakes my assumption was that by “rigged” they were referring to “influencing an election by spreading disinformation”.
It will be very funny and cringe if the Tories blame their election loss on AI and not the… gestures broadly to everything.
The election may be rigged? More like it’s an absolute certainty that it will be rigged.
It’s ridiculous that James Cleverley is implying that “hostile countries” will be the only ones who may try to influence an election using AI.
During the AI Safety Summit which occured in the UK last November, a Frontier AI: capabilities and risks discussion paper was produced. This paper references How AI will transform the 2024 elections by Darrell M. West, which has the following quote:
There will be plenty of people living within the UK who will be making efforts to rig the election in their favour. The tools to produce convincing disinformation is in the hands of everyone.
Blimey, Cleverly really is trying to lay the ground work, isn’t he, it’s not 13 years of Torry mis-management at all is it - it’s those foreign actors. Do they send the boats, too??? /s
There’s a difference between disinformation and “rigging an election”; disinformation will increase with AI, but most of the UK are not dependent on Social Media for information - and GBNews and TalkTV are dead in the water -“PopCons” are popular ‘in name only’!
When even Jacob Reece-Mogg is starting to think FPTP doesn’t work “the end is nigh” - and, bloody hell, they are scared, aren’t they!
AI deepfakes? - Bring it on! We’ll laugh at them in a very British way - with a bit of luck it’ll be as funny as Python or Blackadder, or possibly Spitting Image!
Ah yes you’re right. Perhaps I misinterpreted the original article. Since the focus was on deepfakes my assumption was that by “rigged” they were referring to “influencing an election by spreading disinformation”.
It will be very funny and cringe if the Tories blame their election loss on AI and not the… gestures broadly to everything.