Loukia Papadopoulos has an Interesting Engineering piece on US government propaganda plans.
Deception campaigns: US government plans to use deepfakes for propaganda
Experts are calling the plans "dangerous."
The U.S. government could soon undertake internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deepfake videos, according to a report by The Intercept published on Monday.
The news outlet cited documents from Special Operations Command or SOCOM.
These initiates will include hacking internet-connected devices to listen in to assess foreign populations’ susceptibility to propaganda. Experts in the industry have not well received the move.
The U.S. government could soon undertake internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deepfake videos, according to a report by The Intercept published on Monday.
The news outlet cited documents from Special Operations Command or SOCOM.
These initiates will include hacking internet-connected devices to listen in to assess foreign populations’ susceptibility to propaganda. Experts in the industry have not well received the move.
The whole piece is quite short and well worth reading as it raises some interesting questions. For example, what is the difference between these plans and a mainstream media piece pushing the climate catastrophe narrative, the one we've been subjected to for a number of decades?
“When it comes to disinformation, the Pentagon should not be fighting fire with fire,” Chris Meserole, head of the Brookings Institution’s Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, told The Intercept.
“At a time when digital propaganda is on the rise globally, the U.S. should be doing everything it can to strengthen democracy by building support for shared notions of truth and reality. Deepfakes do the opposite. By casting doubt on the credibility of all content and information, whether real or synthetic, they ultimately erode the foundation of democracy itself.”
“When it comes to disinformation, the Pentagon should not be fighting fire with fire,” Chris Meserole, head of the Brookings Institution’s Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative, told The Intercept.
“At a time when digital propaganda is on the rise globally, the U.S. should be doing everything it can to strengthen democracy by building support for shared notions of truth and reality. Deepfakes do the opposite. By casting doubt on the credibility of all content and information, whether real or synthetic, they ultimately erode the foundation of democracy itself.”
Gosh - maybe shared notions of truth and reality could even include human reproductive biology. Or perhaps a realistic look at how government agencies pursue political objectives.
2 comments:
Siri and Alexa have always been monitoring everything said near their microphones. Now it'll be weaponized - why would any sane person allow these abominations into their houses?
(I suppose if one fell for the 'vaccine' deception, then this is quite likely too.)
Ed - make listening devices fashionable and/or desirable and the job is done. It's an enormous change only older people seem to have noticed.
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