(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . AI Threat: Fake Trump Pictures Are A Harbinger Of Things To Come. 2024 election is under threat. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-22 This picture is fake. As previously described in this space, generative AI poses an existential threat to the 2024 US Presidential Election. With today’s publication of fake pictures showing Donald Trump’s arrest, our predictions are already coming true. News silos guarantee a catastrophe Many are quick to suggest that fakes will be called out as fake and will then immediately die out, not causing any damage. I disagree. Because of news silos, fake images, videos, and audios are very likely to cause damage. People on Truth Social are not watching CNN. They are in a news silo where images like this one will proliferate. The scammers will try again and again until they punch through, just like 4Chan does. All it takes is for a single image or video to be believed for a few hours and the 2024 election is in peril. 50 chances during primary season The primaries give scammers 50 opportunities to get the scam right. They will try from the very first primaries and caucuses. They will learn from their mistakes and they will improve. Eventually, the scammers will hit on a dynamic that causes people to change their vote. Or to engage in violence. We are not prepared The United States is not prepared. What happens if tens of thousands of votes in a primary are from people who have been scammed by a fake video or image created by an AI? We have no response. 2024 will make 2016 and 2020 look like a nothingburger. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/22/2159677/-AI-Threat-Fake-Trump-Pictures-Are-A-Harbinger-Of-Things-To-Come-2024-election-is-under-threat Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/