From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2025-12-30 15:16, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > Mike  posted:   
   >> On 2025-12-29 15:35, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> As we saw recently, Doc was completely fooled by a fake   
   >>> AI video that pretended to show a "Christian" parade in   
   >>> London -- and Doc fell for it and posted it here as if it were   
   >>> a real parade that really happened.   
   >>>   
   >>> There are other fake videos that are starting to pop up, in   
   >>> which some dishonest people make fake videos of real   
   >>> people, and have them saying things the real person has   
   >>> never said. And gullible people who don't know better are   
   >>> being misled into believing it's the real person.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's a shame that AI is being used for illegitimate reasons,   
   >>> because I believe it has the potential to produced good   
   >>> things when used properly. I hope our society will be able   
   >>> to correct the problems some dishonest people are able   
   >>> to cause as of now.   
   >>>   
   >>> Here's an example, in which a writer and video creator is   
   >>> having to deal with dishonest creeps who are stealing his   
   >>> image and making it appear that he is saying things he's   
   >>> never said:   
   >>>   
   >>> Video title: "Victor Davis Hanson: Beware — AI Is Putting   
   >>> Words Into My Mouth"   
   >>>   
   >>> https://youtu.be/NNA76LTq4ic?t=17   
   >>>   
   >>> I've seen some of the fake videos to which he refers, and   
   >>> they are almost convincing -- but not quite. Someone who   
   >>> doesn't know better could fall for the fake versions, however.   
   >>   
   >> I notice he blames everyone other than the corporations   
   >> who provide the technology that encourage people to do this.   
   >   
   > Are you saying the technology is bad?   
      
   Technology is not good or 'bad' anymore tan fentanyl is bad.   
   Neither has intent or consciousness.   
      
   >Should we blame   
   > a car manufacturer when a person driving one of that   
   > manufacturer's cars uses it to intentionally drive it   
   > into a crowd of people?   
      
   Why do we stop drug traffickers then? Isn't the blame   
   on the ones that are using it?   
      
   >   
   > The podcaster is correctly blaming the people who are   
   > intentionally misusing the technology.   
      
   Why should they stop if there is no penalty?   
      
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