The dangers of artificial intelligence to the 2024 US presidential election

(Dan Tri) – Fake photos spread on social networks have caused concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) and risks to the 2024 White House race.

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Fake photos (deepfake) imagining former President Donald Trump’s arrest have recently spread on social networks.

This fake image and a fake video warning about a not bright future if President Joe Biden is re-elected have caused confusion and confusion in public opinion because the country’s authorities have so far not implemented management policies.

The line between reality and fiction

Rapidly developing AI technology could promote misinformation in US political campaigns, observers say.

The 2024 presidential race is expected to be the first US election to see widespread use of advanced tools powered by artificial intelligence, which increasingly blur the lines between fact and fiction

Adversaries on both sides of America’s divisive political spectrum are likely to fully exploit the technology because it is cheap, accessible, and its advances have outpaced regulatory responses to

But technologists also warn about bad actors using AI to sow chaos at a time when the political climate has become radicalized in the US and many voters dispute established facts.

In that context of concern, fake images of Mr. Trump being arrested or images of billionaire Elon Musk kissing his `robot wife` have caused even more waves on social networks.

Recently, in response to President Biden’s announcement that he will run for re-election in 2024, the Republican National Committee almost immediately released an AI-generated video about a bad future if

And earlier this year, a realistic but completely fake AI audio clip appeared on TikTok showing Biden and Trump repeatedly criticizing each other.

`The impact of AI will reflect the values of those who use it, especially bad actors who have new tools to advance their plots to incite hatred and suspicion, or to distort images and sounds.`

According to Mr. Rospars, combating this problem requires vigilance from media and technology companies as well as from voters themselves.

`The level of AI lying has now increased to a very scary level,` said Dan Woods, former technology director for President Biden’s 2020 election campaign.

`If our foreign adversaries simply convince a delusional robot to spread disinformation, then we should be prepared for a much larger disinformation campaign than we have had.

A `game changer`?

Mr. Vance Reavie, CEO of Junction AI, said that AI advances will become a `game-changing` tool.

`With AI, we can learn about what these potential voters care about and why, at a very granular level. From there we can understand how to attract them and what policies

Campaign staffers in the past have spent a lot of time reaching voters by writing speeches and preparing talking points… But AI has done the same job in a fraction of the time.

`Creating content takes a lot of time and money, now imagine being able to do 10 times more without needing additional staff,` Mr. Reavie added.

It is also unlikely that Americans will accept this objective truth when a large segment of the country’s population already has great trust in reputable media.

`The concern is that as media manipulation becomes easier, it will also become easier to deny reality,` said Hany Farid, a professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Information.

Betsy Hoover, a partner at Higher Ground Labs, said her company is developing an AI project called Quiller designed to write, send and evaluate the effectiveness of fundraising emails.

According to Mr. Hoover, former technical director for former President Barack Obama’s 2012 election campaign, the big concern is that bad actors will use any tool available to achieve their goals, and AI will also

`But I think we shouldn’t be so afraid that we don’t use AI to our advantage,` Mr. Hoover said.