Great way to reframe the AI and misinformation discussion. We've had altered/fake photos for as long as photographs, and phony stories for even longer. What we're facing now is as if a lot of people got really good at photoshop really quickly.
I feel that our ability to discern real from fake has to do a lot with the context in that we see the information. When I first saw the Pope photo, I immediately saw it as fake as I saw it in a newspaper section about AI, but when I first saw the photo of trump being tackled by 10 FBI agents on Twitter, it took me 30 seconds of looking really hard at the image to discern it as fake. From this, I feel that the internet's context and framing make us more likely to believe fake information.
We feel we are surrounded by everyday people just like us. The general casual conduct and lower-quality presentation make these platforms feel more authentic and therefore real. Since we believe these people are our peers, we are more likely to believe their anecdotes over evidence-based facts. This is all compounded echo chambers draining the pool of possible accessible information.
Think of those conspiratorial images sent all over the internet. The big red arrows and circles. The low-quality images. The unbelievable claims they make. Their crude presentation is nothing like the professional look of mainstream media. But that's probably why they're so believable to certain people. It's more authentic and therefore it's true.
[Edit: These types of posts are at one end of a spectrum and can be quickly determined as untrustworthy, but the use of authenticity is done in varying degrees across the internet.]
We've been able to get chummy with complete strangers that are unbound by the social norms of engagement that we expect and take for granted in the real world. And with that gives more room for malicious actors.
Great way to reframe the AI and misinformation discussion. We've had altered/fake photos for as long as photographs, and phony stories for even longer. What we're facing now is as if a lot of people got really good at photoshop really quickly.
I feel that our ability to discern real from fake has to do a lot with the context in that we see the information. When I first saw the Pope photo, I immediately saw it as fake as I saw it in a newspaper section about AI, but when I first saw the photo of trump being tackled by 10 FBI agents on Twitter, it took me 30 seconds of looking really hard at the image to discern it as fake. From this, I feel that the internet's context and framing make us more likely to believe fake information.
We feel we are surrounded by everyday people just like us. The general casual conduct and lower-quality presentation make these platforms feel more authentic and therefore real. Since we believe these people are our peers, we are more likely to believe their anecdotes over evidence-based facts. This is all compounded echo chambers draining the pool of possible accessible information.
Think of those conspiratorial images sent all over the internet. The big red arrows and circles. The low-quality images. The unbelievable claims they make. Their crude presentation is nothing like the professional look of mainstream media. But that's probably why they're so believable to certain people. It's more authentic and therefore it's true.
[Edit: These types of posts are at one end of a spectrum and can be quickly determined as untrustworthy, but the use of authenticity is done in varying degrees across the internet.]
We've been able to get chummy with complete strangers that are unbound by the social norms of engagement that we expect and take for granted in the real world. And with that gives more room for malicious actors.
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