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Artificial intelligence is pretty cool, all things considered, or would be without some of the problems we’ve seen. As a science fiction fan, I can’t call it true AI by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s kind of interesting to have a conversation with a computer program sometimes.
ButwiththeemergenceofAI,aswecurrentlyhaveit,there’saproblem.Aswithanytechnology,itcanbemisused.Peoplehaveusedittocreatepornographyofwell-knownpeople,forexample;peoplewhoneverconsentedtothiskindofthing.
Yetitseemsmanypeoplelovethistechnology,particularlyinanefforttotryandswaylegislativeopinionstowardguncontrol.
We’veseenitbefore.
Itseemswe’reseeingitalloveragain.
Activistgroupsareusingatypicaladvocacytool—voicemailstomembersofCongress—withanew,uncomfortabletwist:They’refromthedeceasedvictimsofgunviolence,generatedbyartificialintelligence.
TheShotline.org,agunreformcampaignbyMarchforOurLivesandChangetheREF,isaskingconstituentsnationwidetosendrepresentativesintheirzipcodetheAI-generatedphonecalls.
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