The AI that powers deepfakes poses all sorts of questions for consumers of media. Using a couple of simple principles, though, you can develop a sophisticated understanding of what you’re looking at.
Google’s LaMDA is making people believe that it’s a person with human emotions. It’s probably lying, but we need to prepare for a future when AI might, in fact, be sentient.
When we were invited to speak at a conference, my creative partner and I wondered what would happen if we asked an AI to write our speech. The results were promising.
