Last week it was reported that a fake Joe Biden robocall urged New Hampshire voters not to vote in the upcoming Democratic primary.
It was a coordinated effort and shows a glimpse of what’s coming in 2024, US Presidential Election year.
A second-order effect of deepfake technology is that it creates plausible deniability for politicians and public figures, by claiming real footage as AI-generated.
This is not a hypothetical threat. This is currently happening.
We’ve seen this from Elon Musk, January 6th rioters in court, and Donald J. Trump, who, after Fox News aired an anti-Trump ad, claimed the people behind the ad had used AI to make him look bad. (The video was authentic!)
It was a coordinated effort and shows a glimpse of what’s coming in 2024, US Presidential Election year.
A second-order effect of deepfake technology is that it creates plausible deniability for politicians and public figures, by claiming real footage as AI-generated.
This is not a hypothetical threat. This is currently happening.
We’ve seen this from Elon Musk, January 6th rioters in court, and Donald J. Trump, who, after Fox News aired an anti-Trump ad, claimed the people behind the ad had used AI to make him look bad. (The video was authentic!)
The substack article talks about this and more.