A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris' voice, raising concerns about AI in politics
A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead just three months away from November’s elections.
A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harrissaying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away.
The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday evening without explicitly noting it was originally released as parody.
The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released last week launching her campaign. But the video swaps out the voice-over audio with another voice that convincingly impersonates Harris.
This Elon Musk Tweet was bought and paid for by Russia and Saudi Arabia— and sponsored by the letter Q and the number 88
Transcript:
“I, Kamala Harris, senior Democrat candidate for President because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility of debate. Thanks, Joe.
I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. I’m both a woman and a person of color. So if you criticize anything I say, you’re both sexist and racist.
I may not know the first thing about running the country, but remember, that’s a good thing if you’re a deep state puppet. I had four years under the tutelage of the ultimate deep state puppet, a wonderful mentor, Joe Biden. Joe taught me rule number one, carefully hide your total incompetence.
I take insignificant things and I discuss them as if they’re significant. And I believe that exploring the significance of the insignificant is in itself significant. Talking about the significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. “So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time, and there is such great significance to the passage of time.”
And Another trick is trying to sound black. I pretend to celebrate Kwanza, and in my speeches, I always do my best Barack Obama impression. “So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type.”
And okay, look, maybe my work addressing the root causes of the border crisis were catastrophic, but my knowledge of international politics is truly shocking. “The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. It is an alliance that is strong and enduring.”
Just remember, when voting this November, it is important to see what can be unburdened by what has been. And by what has been… I mean, Joe Biden. Do you think the country went to over the past four years? You ain’t seen nothing yet. (Cackle).”
An old well developed technology needs to be adopted and the public needs to be educated on its use. AI cannot defeat cryptographic signatures which could be used to verify the authorship and the integrity of any digital content. I would support laws that help facilitate mass adoption of this technology. PGP is 33 years old.
This is, what, how many total times Elon has shared something like this on Twitter where his intention has been (at the very least) dubious?
I find very few reasons to give him the benefit of the doubt here by treating it as some "haha funny meme XD" reaction from him.
Video of Kamala: "I like bad things! HAHA! Bad things are good, aktuly! BAD BAD BAD! Elect me and bad things will happen! I'm just saying it out loud right now!"
American who hates Democrats: "That sounds exactly like Kamala. I'm convinced and I'm not going to vote for here."
American who likes Democrats: "The AI has hijacked our democratic process."
meanwhile, the Georgia Sec. State removes 80k registered democrats from its voting rolls
Any lawyers know if this could be prosecuted? This seems pretty big though I'm not familiar with US's defamation laws when it comes to politics and deepfakes.
I can't believe a rightwing piece of shit would knowingly spread mis/disinformation. Except that they all do. Lying liars.
Corrupt politicians/celebrities have been killed for way less here in Mexico. Why the hell do you allow these people to get away with such massive things? Just imagine if AI videos were 100% flawless, this would be evil at its peak
Musk is just jealous that his shitty gronk can’t do it.
we knew this was coming. no shock it came from this cum rag
It's a GOOD thing we give this man BILLIONS of YOUR Taxpayer Dollars!
I would hope this falls under libel laws and makes Musk culpable for a lawsuit and/or gag order.
What is this 2018? That ship has already sailed.
Raining concerns about
AIElon Mollusk.All I see is implied permission to post AI Elon videos all over Twitter.
Technically, anyone sharing this-who knows it’s fake-should be tried and convicted for election interference and treason.