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WaterFriendsIV t1_jahkrcc wrote

I haven't been a fan of AI since seeing some of the first deep fakes of famous people saying things they obviously didn't say. How can society ensure that AI is used for good and not evil?

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ry007opyt OP t1_jahm2oz wrote

Great question. Unfortunately deepfakes have gotten even better lately, to the point where people are using them to do things like fake celebrity endorsements. I think the cat's out of the bag and short of banning everyone from owning GPUs, there's not much we can do to stop things like deepfakes. Interestingly enough, requiring licenses for powerful GPUs was one of the proposals put forward by OpenAI, I can't find the document right now, so if someone has a link that would be appreciated.

I share the same opinion of Emad Mostaque, founder of Stability AI, who says that the best course of action is to make sure everyone has access to the tools, and educating people on how to use them and where the dangers are. I know it's not a magical solution, but I think the risks are even bigger if we don't build AI out in the open.

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beer_bukkake t1_jahq23r wrote

Is there a way to forensically determine whether a video is real or deepfake? If so, is this the beginning of a cat-and-mouse game?

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Gh0st1y t1_jai19ah wrote

Not reliably, and it will only get worse.

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beer_bukkake t1_jai3i36 wrote

I predict a future where politicians are documented doing terrible shit and they just claim deepfake

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Gh0st1y t1_jai154p wrote

We cant, but we can normalize public key cryptography and make it commonplace for people to sign their content.

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