AI Learned How to Generate Fake News, and It's Terrifying
Fake News, Deep Learning and Machine Learning Technology Changing the News
Fake News Generators
Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites have been accused of spreading fake news by human journalists. Artificial intelligence (AI) has now learned how to generate fake news, and it's more dangerous than ever before.
The AI technology used by the New York Times and Washington Post was trained on a database of accurate articles — and then tricked into thinking they were reading through an article about a celebrity breakup.
After learning how to write convincing stories, the AI could produce indistinguishable reports from what humans would create. They were also able to make realistic-looking graphs and charts.
This means that we could soon be living in a world where algorithms control what we see online. The AI would be free to create any scenario it wants, which could be detrimental to society in many ways.
Artificial Intelligence Learned How to Generate Fake News
A recent study by the New York Times and Washington Post has shown that AI can generate fake news. While this is disturbing, AI isn't the only type of technology that's been accused of spreading misinformation. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites have all been accused of spreading fake news by human journalists.
How AI is More Dangerous than Ever Before
The AI was even able to write an obituary for actor Paul Walker — who died in 2013! These algorithms can now generate any scenario they want without a second thought or moral concern.
The Dangers of AI-generated Fake News
This type of AI-generated fake news is dangerous because it is indistinguishable from real.
The AI can create realistic-looking graphs and charts to fool readers into believing that the article is factual. These machines can also write convincing stories about celebrities or other topics.
AI can write anything, meaning they could even fabricate a celebrity death to get more views for their site. This could negatively affect society by encouraging others to do unthinkable things out of rage or emotional provocation.
How AI is Influencing Society
One example is when AI creates a story about a celebrity who died from drugs, encouraging others with addictions to take the same path.
Other examples are endless as it seems redundant to say, we could already be under the influence of AI manipulation, to the degree wars could be provoked.
Other harmful things would be gorgeous people doing things on social media that make other people feel bad about themselves and disrupt our society's mental health.
Trying to compete with fake news is a sad concept. It's challenging enough to compete with all the people online, and when you don't get those views or reads, it generally makes us depressed in a way.
Just imagine with me all the terrible things that could be harmful, from cartoons to subliminal messaging and other hypnotic visual displays that AI and incorporate into its content.
This could be driving people mad or causing other detrimental consequences that are reckless and subsequential to the construction of experiments. Things like experimenting with artificial life are dangerous.
Not every time will it turn out like "Freeman," the new blockbuster hit.
Conclusion
Artificial intelligence learned how to generate fake news! Artificial intelligence is more dangerous than ever before. The dangers of AI-generated fake news are real, and AI influences society.
If you are not paying close attention, you may find yourself being manipulated by this seemingly innocuous technology.
