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Worth Reading – This Isn’t Law and Order. It’s Narrative Control.

The White House is using AI, doctored footage, and viral outrage to sell you a fake story about the LA protests.

https://safeonlinefutures.substack.com/p/this-isnt-law-and-order-its-narrative

This feels like a “crossing the Rubicon” time in the US as it applies to AI. Many of us have been raising the alarm about how fake images and videos pose a problem for people getting scammed and fooled into believing things that never happened.

We discussed educating ourselves and the users we work with about the possibility of being targeted with fake information.

I don’t think we are prepared for that, let alone the government being the scammer. Where do you go for legitimate information when the government is the one using AI-generated images to set its agenda?

I don’t particularly care what side of the political aisle you’re on. If we can’t all agree that using fake images and videos in situations like this is beyond the pale, we are sunk. If law enforcement can create evidence and get away with it, no one is free.

We are all one image away from prison. Is that the world AI is creating?

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