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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."

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[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 77 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe deepfakes are enough of a scare that this becomes standard practice, and protects encryption from getting government backdoors.

[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 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.