Kansas City Tech Leaders Talk Cheapfakes

We love it when our hipster "friends" write their own content rather than distributing junk from the local news cartel.

Accordingly . . .

Check this worthwhile interview with local Internets dudes on the future of AI deception . . .

While “cheapfakes” involve humans manipulating real events to push their own agendas, AI does not rely on reality. It can clone a person’s likeness, voice, mannerisms, and unique quirks to create entirely fabricated content. Chris Kovac, Co-Founder of the Kansas City AI Club and Founder of kovac.ai, a marketing AI consultancy, leads many conversation around AI and understands some of the potential of this technology.

“It’s very easy for people to create AI-powered content, to say whatever they want,” Kovac says. “They could be politically tied, but worse, it’s probably third parties from other countries. For example, how would we know if a particular country who is not as friendly is putting out a lot of content to try to steer voters.”

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