The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”

  • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Hey, congresscritters didn’t give a shit about robocalls till they were the ones getting robocalled.

    We had a do not call list within a year and a half.

    That’s the secret, make it affect them personally.

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      9 months ago

      Doesn’t that prove that government officials lack empathy? We see it again and again but still we keep putting these unfeeling bastards in charge.

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        9 months ago

        Well sociopaths are really good at navigating power hierarchies and I’m not sure there is an ethical way of keeping them from holding office.

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          9 months ago

          It really depends on their motivation. The ones we need to keep out are the ones who enjoy hurting others or don’t care at all.