AI Censorship and the Future of Democracy

🔑 The speaker discusses the use of AI for censorship and its implications for democracy.

💡 The Internet is heavily censored by AI, with the majority of takedowns on platforms like YouTube and Google being pre-flagged by AI algorithms.

🌐 The speaker's trajectory involved working in the tech and government sectors, witnessing the development of AI censorship and misinformation.

The conversation on being wrong on purpose or by accident changed after the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

The creation of the hybrid Warfare Doctrine in 2014 marked the beginning of the censorship industry, aiming to control social media to maintain the traditional media Gatekeepers' power.

Reports of Russian troll farms and their involvement in the 2016 election were discredited, with institutions and digital forensic firms being compromised.

🔑 The idea of Russian disinformation is discredited, and domestic misinformation is being used as a censorship tactic.

🌐 Bots on the internet can be identified through coordinated activity, but determinations made by political operatives can lead to censorship.

🤖 AI censorship has been in place since 2017 and is becoming more pervasive, impacting the upcoming presidential election cycle and the future of the internet.

🌐 AI censorship has the power to control narratives and impact political outcomes in elections.

🚫 AI censorship tools can be used to silence individuals and businesses who express opposing views or doubts.

⚖️ There are currently no regulations or frameworks to restrain the use of AI censorship.

💡 AI censorship is becoming more sophisticated, with thousands of people working on refining it.

💰 There is significant government funding, amounting to over $100 million, for AI censorship projects.

🔍 AI is being used to target and amplify authoritative sources while suppressing dissenting voices in search results.

♟️ AI censorship is currently in the 'chess DJing' era, where multiple models are used to fine-tune results.

🚫 Satire, deadpan, and certain forms of humor pose challenges for AI censorship.

💣 The development and deployment of AI censorship super weapons pose a threat to democracy.

✋ There is a need for a global conversation to establish regulations and limits on AI censorship.

🎭 Different AI applications, such as generative AI for literature and art, have separate risks and implications.

⚖️ The identification and labeling of certain words as markers for extremism raises concerns about bias and political influence.

🌐 Deepfakes and AI-generated content can be used for political manipulation and deception.

🤔 The ethics of deep fakes and the need for regulation by unbiased entities.

🌐 The interplay between big corporations, governments, and AI censorship.

💼 Elon Musk's unique leverage with the US government and the implications of his actions.

📚 The emergence of AI censorship has created a balkanized internet controlled by big tech companies.

🗳️ The 2024 election will be influenced by AI censorship and the pressure on alternative platforms like threads and Twitter.

🔒 There are concerns about the potential suppression of political speech through censorship and regulatory threats.