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A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics

A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harrissaying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away.

The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday evening without explicitly noting it was originally released as parody.

The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released last week launching her campaign. But the video swaps out the voice-over audio with another voice that convincingly impersonates Harris.

some_guy ,

I can’t believe a rightwing piece of shit would knowingly spread mis/disinformation. Except that they all do. Lying liars.

nul42 ,

An old well developed technology needs to be adopted and the public needs to be educated on its use. AI cannot defeat cryptographic signatures which could be used to verify the authorship and the integrity of any digital content. I would support laws that help facilitate mass adoption of this technology. PGP is 33 years old.

NidoranDuran ,
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This is, what, how many total times Elon has shared something like this on Twitter where his intention has been (at the very least) dubious?

I find very few reasons to give him the benefit of the doubt here by treating it as some "haha funny meme XD" reaction from him.

Yurgenst ,

All I see is implied permission to post AI Elon videos all over Twitter.

Coach ,

raising concerns about AI in politics

Anyone else more concerned about narcissistic bigoted billionaires in politics? 🙋‍♂️

homesweethomeMrL ,

Shouldn’t that guy be trying to save at least one of his companies from the ever increasing explosions of shit and bad management that “somehow” seem to plague them?

doodledup ,

Why is there no link to the video? Did he even post that? I’m not even seing it on his Twitter.

Stopthatgirl7 OP ,
@Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world avatar

You don’t look very hard.

doodledup ,

Thanks. It doesn’t show up on his profile. And the articles don’t have a link to it. That’s why I couldn’t.

dohpaz42 ,
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I would hope this falls under libel laws and makes Musk culpable for a lawsuit and/or gag order.

radivojevic ,

Technically, anyone sharing this-who knows it’s fake-should be tried and convicted for election interference and treason.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge ,
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Can somebody please just take one for the team and beat the living shit out of this dumbfuck within an inch of his cushy billionaire life so he shuts the hell up?

ThePantser ,
@ThePantser@lemmy.world avatar

Be the change you want to see in the world

thanks_shakey_snake ,

Any way to see the video without making an X account and scrolling Musk’s feed? Two things I’d rather not do.

SteveFromMySpace ,

I’m glad it’s not easy because it shouldn’t be disseminated

thanks_shakey_snake ,

Gotta hard disagree with you there, friend… Although I see the merit in that, I think we should be taking examples like this and sharing them around with crystal clear context that:

  • This is a troubling blend of real and fake, and it’s easy to not notice which parts are which
  • This is a new category of propaganda that we aren’t ready for
  • Even though this one is pretty easy to clock as fake satire, it’s not hard to imagine nudging a few degrees away from tongue-in-cheek and toward deliberately deceitful, and holy shit is that going to be scary

Like I know lots of people who don’t know that this sort of thing is even remotely possible, and would have a hard time understanding how to contextualize it, even if they sense something fishy about it. They need to see and hear these deepfake-adjacent materials first hand with context to innoculate against the truly deceptive stuff that they’ll be exposed to.

SteveFromMySpace ,

I really do see your point but like deplatforming my instinct is “out of sight out of mind.”

Stopthatgirl7 OP ,
@Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world avatar

Here’s a direct link to the tweet, but I’m not sure if you can watch the video without an account anymore: x.com/elonmusk/status/1816974609637417112?s=46&t=…

thanks_shakey_snake ,

Oh, I actually was able to see it without an account-- Thank you for finding/sharing the link!

It’s uh… Pretty much exactly what it sounded like from the article. It’s pretty clear to me that it’s satire and fake, but I’m not sure that it would be to, say, some of my family members.

pastabatman ,

It’s worse than I thought from the article. Outrageously and overtly racist.

DogPeePoo ,

This Elon Musk Tweet was bought and paid for by Russia and Saudi Arabia— and sponsored by the letter Q and the number 88

can ,

Shouldn’t conercerns already be raised pretty high.

Atelopus-zeteki ,
@Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run avatar

Indeed! I'm also extremely concerned about musk/billionaires in politics. Gee, am I over reacting? /s

Alexstarfire ,

It was one of the first anyone thought of. Not sure how they think this is a new concern.

EleventhHour ,
@EleventhHour@lemmy.world avatar

we knew this was coming. no shock it came from this cum rag

cranakis ,

(The video) claims Harris is a “diversity hire” because she is a woman and a person of color, and it says she doesn’t know “the first thing about running the country.”

Classy as always right wingers. /s

g0nz0li0 ,

“This former AG, Senator, and VP has no idea how to run this country!” - Conservative Clowns everywhere.

Wiz ,

But the game show host and the hillbilly writer can run the country, Amiright?

SpaceCowboy ,
@SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca avatar

Hey now… he was also the inspiration for most of the villains in the movies we watched as kids.

pastabatman ,

It’s not mentioned in the article, but the fake voice in the video also says “Another trick I have is to try and sound black.” It’s really bad.

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