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Weaponized AI propaganda machine

Tequila · 2017-07-12 19:16
https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine How can we fight this?(USER WAS WARNED FOR THIS POST, Please elaborate in your opening post in future, please provide a summary of the article or resource linked to , for those who can't click it, and elaborate on what caused you to read the article and why you asked the question you did and your own answers to the that question. You should always elaborate on your opinions rather than just spilling the soykaf.)
Technician · 2017-07-13 13:29
We build a better propaganda machine
Zero Cool · 2017-08-02 23:30
A machine that communicates with people depends ont he channels of communication that they depend on. Who's be targeted, why are they getting their information from where they do, and what could dissuade them form relying on sources controlled by those who wish to exploit others? Is there a way we could promote switching to an information sharing system that doesn't facilitate large campaigns of highly targeted advertising?
Project 2501 · 2017-08-03 16:39
>>4671 So, the same old 'get the people out of popular websites' ?
Ivan Petrov · 2017-08-04 02:32
>accelerating the creation of a better future through stories, conversations and prototypes. Scout is a journalism community using near-term science fiction and investigative reporting to cover the intersection of technology, economics and morality. reading something else than sci-fi + reporting about fake news might be an interesting starting point
Lady Jessica · 2017-08-08 08:32
AI propaganda is already highly active on /r/politics. The powers that be are desperate to regain control of the narrative.