🤖 AI vs. the truth

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Neon Pulse Team
June 16, 2023

Good morning and welcome to the latest edition of neonpulse!

In today’s issue, we’ll talk all about the truth. Artificial intelligence and the truth don’t always go together very well. Deep fakes, false information, you name it.

AI vs. the truth

The launch of ChatGPT has undeniably brought us many great things. However, it is important to acknowledge that AI, including ChatGPT, can sometimes struggle with providing accurate information.

Whether it presents a correct or an incorrect answer, it presents it with an equal amount of confidence. Here’s an example - the paper cited in this response simply doesn’t exist:

This can lead to potential problems, as it becomes difficult to discern the reliability of the information provided.

And that's not all. The impact of AI on truth extends beyond ChatGPT. Take, for example, the rise of deep fakes and voice cloning, which enable the creation of manipulated videos and audio recordings that can make individuals appear to say things they never actually said.

In some cases, this is truly remarkable. Imagine the joy of having Santa Claus personally wish our children a merry Christmas or having a superstar like Lionel Messi sing a happy birthday song to your soccer-loving son.

However, it is crucial to recognize the potential dangers associated with manipulating truth using AI. The ability to fabricate statements and attribute them to celebrities or world leaders raises concerns. Such misuse of AI could lead to individuals being wrongly canceled or even create diplomatic tensions between nations.

Just take a look at this deep fake example of Morgan Freeman. While the message in this video is not harmful at all, it perfectly shows how this technology could be used in a way that is harmful. And you’d be lying if you said that you can distinguish this from an actual Morgan Freeman video.

The combination of AI and truth is not always a positive one, and it is imperative to address these issues to prevent potential harm and ensure responsible use of this technology.

Someone who’s actively doing this, is Andrew Yang - Democratic Party candidate for president in 2020 and technology entrepreneur, as well as one of the signers of the letter to stop AI development for six months.

During the American Banker's Digital Banking conference, he highlighted the high risks associated with artificial intelligence. While distancing himself from extreme ideas about AI, Yang expressed concerns about its potential negative impacts, including “total erosion of truth”.

Although he dismissed the notion of imminent displacement by artificial general intelligence, he emphasized the destructive potential of AI in the hands of malicious actors, which he says is already becoming apparent.

But how do we stop this? How do we distinguish real from fake in the age of AI?

The (sad) answer is: right now, we genuinely don’t know.

  • AI detectors and tools do not appear to be effective in this regard …

  • … it is becoming increasingly challenging, if not nearly impossible, to determine if something has been generated by AI or not, and …

  • … this will only get harder as tools evolve.

And as it stands, we simply don’t have an answer to all of this …

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