We talk too much about hallucination and too little about the more mundane elephant in the room that AI, whatever its effectiveness, will simply be used more for scam and deception than positive uses.

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oneshtein 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just make scams illegal — problem solved.

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slopinthebag 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I find it fascinating that this is a popular anti-bitcoin argument, but (often) the same people making that argument actually find AI useful. So they experience a mild case of cognitive dissonance.

	▲	hansvm 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The Bitcoin argument is usually paired with "there are no non-scam use cases which aren't better served by other methods/tech."

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high_na_euv 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I dont think a few scams here and there outweight positive usecases

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cwillu 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think a few stock photo replacements here and there outweigh the negative use-cases.

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Planktonne 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not just a few scams though. It's a lot of scams, and a lot of propaganda, and a lot of CSAM, and even beyond the overtly negative, it's a tidal wave of slop in music, in publishing, in everything else.

Some technology has more negative use cases than positive; this appears to be one of them.

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siriusastrebe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

We're about to see our political campaigns flooded with fake videos, slander, fabrications, and misinformation. Used to be you could be relatively certain if something was a video it was too much effort to be photoshopped. Not true any more.

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autoexec an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The same was true for photographs yet we survived following the invention of photoshop. The truth is that you don't even need video or photos to trick stupid people. Text alone allows for political campaigns flooded with slander, fabrications, and misinformation and some percentage of the population will fall for it. I'd say the best thing we can do is better educate the public to think critically and become media savvy, but instead we'll be forcing our children to read bible verses in school so I don't see the situation improving any time soon.

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high_na_euv 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe it will make ppl to be skeptic?

	▲	kube-system 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’m curious as to both of your media markets, because my perception is that this is already the mainstream. AI generated political ads are something I see multiple times per day. Not even just shadow actors on social media, but also TV ads from registered lobbying groups And comment sections of the social media I consume are filled with “AI!” on any post about a politically sensitive topic even from reputable sources.
	▲	ceejayoz 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I take it you haven't met people.