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The AI Deepfakes Problem Is Going to Get Unstoppably Worse::Deepfakes are blurring the lines of reality more than ever before, and they're likely going to get a lot worse this year.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hey said “I hope lawmakers don’t do too much damage.” That’s what I was focusing on. How could lawmakers do damage to it? By attempting to regulate it. Hence my question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Of course poor regulation can be bad, it was a silly question that was loaded. Look at, for example the 2002 tort reforms and the damage that did to public safety.

Imagine how much damage could be done to individual privacy and freedom by an ill informed legislature if they elect to regulate gradient descent.