House holds hearing on "deepfakes" and artificial intelligence amid national security concerns
The House Intelligence Committee heard from experts on the threats that so-called "deep fake" videos and other types of artificial intelligence-generated synthetic data pose to the U.S. election system and national security at large. Witnesses at Thursday's hearing included professors from the University of Maryland, University at Buffalo and other experts on AI and digital policy.
In a statement, the committee says it aims to "examine the national security threats posed by AI-enabled fake content, what can be done to detect and combat it, and what role the public sector, the private sector, and society as a whole should play to counter a potentially grim, 'post-truth' future," during Thursday's hearing.
[...]In his opening remarks, Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff said the spread of manipulated videos presents a "nightmarish" scenario for the 2020 presidential elections -- leaving lawmakers, members of the news media and public "struggling to discern what is real and what is fake."
Schiff urged that "now is the time for social media companies to put in place policies to protect users from misinformation, not in 2021 after viral deepfakes have polluted the 2020 elections. By then, it will be too late."
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @07:21PM (4 children)
We never lived in any 'Truth' society in the first damn place. Lying has been standard operating procedure for almost all elements of human society going back before written history.
That's why people who tell the truth are so hated -- it's such a shocking departure from the norm.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @08:09PM (1 child)
Kirk: He lied. Everything Harry tells you is a lie. Everything Harry tells you is a lie.
Mudd: Now listen carefully, Norman. I'm lying.
--Star Trek TOS: "I, Mudd" [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday June 14 2019, @10:07PM
Damn Cretans! Unfortunately, most humans are not logical enough for the paradox to even bother them, if they even notice it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:49AM
You are a liar, mister, and I'll be expecting you in the fields at dawn.
(does this act enough as a counter-example?)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:19PM
Tells truth here, can confirm.