The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”

    • @mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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      2211 months ago

      Hey, congresscritters didn’t give a shit about robocalls till they were the ones getting robocalled.

      We had a do not call list within a year and a half.

      That’s the secret, make it affect them personally.

      • @Daft_ish@lemmy.world
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        311 months ago

        Doesn’t that prove that government officials lack empathy? We see it again and again but still we keep putting these unfeeling bastards in charge.

        • @mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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          110 months ago

          Well sociopaths are really good at navigating power hierarchies and I’m not sure there is an ethical way of keeping them from holding office.

          • Natanael
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            110 months ago

            It really depends on their motivation. The ones we need to keep out are the ones who enjoy hurting others or don’t care at all.