(MENAFN- Swissinfo) In 2024, four billion of us can vote in elections. Can democracy survive artificial intelligence (AI)? Can the UN, or national governments, ensure the votes are fair?
This content was published on March 19, 2024 - 10:00 2 minutes
Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva for SWI swissinfo as well as the BBC.
“Propaganda has always been there since the Romans. Manipulation has always been there, or plain lies by not very ethical politicians have always been there. The problem now is that with the power of these technologies, the capacity for harm can be massive,” says Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social & Human Sciences & AI Ethics at UNESCO.
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Analyst Daniel Warner continues:“I'm worried about who's going to win. But I'm also worried about whether my vote will count, and I'm worried about all kinds of disinformation that we see out there now. More than I've ever seen before.”
Are deep fakes the biggest dangers? Or just not knowing what to believe?
“I think the problem is not going to be the content created, the problem is going to be the liar's dividend. The thing that everything can be denied, and that anything can be questioned, and that people will not trust anything,” said Alberto Fernandez Gibaja, Head of Digitalisation and Democracy at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
Laws to regulate AI are lagging behind the technology. So how can voters protect themselves?
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