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Misinformation in the 2024 election will be rampant due to accessible AI tools, says Eric Schmidt. Social media's failure to protect against false AI-generated content and the reduction of trust and safety groups are concerns. Schmidt suggests marking content and holding users accountable for law violations.

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[–] senicar@social.cyb3r.dog 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they haven't solved it yet

Google hasn't solved it yet either. You've probably all experienced the deluge of AI generated garbage with almost zero pertinent information clogging up search queries. And those aren't even politically motivated. It's getting harder and harder to even find actual information from actual humans.

[–] bazmatazable@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is it expected that social media companies will find a solution for this? Political discussions are part of the democratic process so why would any of the big social networks (who are effectively advertising companies) have an incentive to foster the fair and open exchange of ideas and information?

[–] senicar@social.cyb3r.dog 4 points 1 year ago

Because we have surrendered so much control of our lives to these companies we can hardly envision an alternative.