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The Supply of Disinformation Soon Will Be Infinite
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The Supply of Disinformation Soon Will Be Infinite

Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort, but artificial intelligence will take them to a whole new level.

The Atlantic, 2020


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In the digital age, social media accounts and plagiarized articles can launch media careers or disinformation campaigns. The next frontier is content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), texts that people find difficult to distinguish from the work of old-fashioned propagandists. The digital world was already prone to disinformation and, as Renée DiResta reports in The Atlantic, this new development will build increasing suspicion and distrust. She posts a giant red flag: If you thought influencers and propagandists were slippery, they’re about to get a lot more so.

Take-Aways

  • AI-generated text is propaganda’s new frontier.
  • In the future, less sophisticated actors will be able to create fake media.
  • AI-generated text will further erode people’s trust.

About the Author

Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory.


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