Advances in AI have pushed disinformation and misinformation campaigns to a new level of effectiveness and covertness, says Jody Thomas.

AI-powered misinformation and disinformation campaigns are a “threat of a generation” but the government’s ability to do anything about it is “quite limited,” says the prime minister’s national security adviser. Article content

Jody Thomas delivered a bleak picture about the growing fight against distorted or false information worldwide during a speech at a Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) event Friday.

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  • LostWon
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    7 months ago

    We have a problem with bad actors in every sphere, including government. The only lasting solution that doesn’t just further empower propagandists (of one or another stripe) is to raise healthy skepticism so people don’t just credulously accept the first thing that “feels” right. Seeing as declining media literacy is a major reason our politics has been steadily going down the toilet, it should be clear no one source can be a permanent arbiter and no one point of view should be considered to always be correct.