Den här ledaren av David Horovitz i Times of Israel är väl värd att läsas. Han beskriver en utvecklig där AI allt mer används i skapandet av nyheter. En situation uppstår ganska lätt där det är väldigt svårt att skilja på vad som är verklighet och vad som är fiktion. Hur skall vi veta om t.ex. foton som publiceras är verkliga eller manipulerade? Om utvecklingen går tillräckligt långt åt fel håll kan vi till slut inte lita på någon eller någonting.
An editor’s flawed human ramblings on AI, journalism and the disappearance of truth
We are at risk of losing our capacity to establish the facts of what is unfolding around us. And pretty soon, we may give up trying
...In my particular world of journalism, I see a rolling contraction of firsthand reporting — because, hey, it’s difficult and expensive. Less investigative journalism, acting in the public interest, exposing corruption. Fewer reporters at city council meetings and parliamentary committee sessions. Fewer writers slaving through data for days, weeks and months in the watchdog service of democracy. Fewer relationships cultivated with law enforcement. Fewer politicians who feel an obligation to subject themselves to difficult encounters with knowledgeable reporters. And the growing use by media outlets of AI tools — not to help edit their content but to produce it.
Beyond that, I fear a growing inability to distinguish between what’s true and what isn’t on our phone and computer screens. And, in time, a growing indifference to the distinction.
I see people of all generations moving to social media — rather than traditional journalism — for their news. And I know that social media owners will gradually shift further away from delivering even short news posts to users because let’s call it “non-fact-dependent” material can be so much more provocative, compelling and profitable.
I’d like to be sure that vast resources and intellect are being devoted to using AI and other developing technologies for good — little things like charting a path to tackling global warming, conflict resolution, ensuring the preservation of human life and the planet.
But I’m worried that we’re losing our capacity to establish the truth of what is unfolding around us. And that we’re well on the way to not even trying...
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