{"id":119690,"date":"2021-07-19T20:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=119690"},"modified":"2021-07-20T17:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:39:45","slug":"ais-dark-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ais-dark-side\/","title":{"rendered":"AI\u2019s dark side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/blogs\/toi-editorials\/ais-dark-side-deep-fakes-are-easy-to-create-goi-needs-to-invest-in-tech-talent-to-counter-the-new-danger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Relevance &#8211; Artificial Intelligence is the future of all machineries. However, Its potential misuse must be stopped for its optimum utlisation.<\/p>\n<h5><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India needs to invest in technology and talent in order to counter the danger posed by deep fake technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roadrunner: A documentary on the late chef Anthony Bourdain showcases the extraordinary advances of artificial intelligence (AI).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses Deep Fake technology to show Bourdain mouthing words he never uttered. The documentary is a wake-up call on potential side effects of AI if it is used with malicious intentions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>About Deep Fakes:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a subfield of AI that allow <\/span><b>realistic forgeries of both video and audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The speed of advances in AI have made it possible to create Deep Fakes using freely available software and computer processing power that can be rented.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI is perhaps the most transformative technology under development. Consequently, it also brings about entirely new risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Risks posed by Deep Fakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Deep Fakes pose a fundamental danger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They can quickly <\/span><b>undermine trust,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the invisible bond that holds many collectives together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many examples of Deep Fakes being used by state actors to <\/span><b>influence elections and sow seeds of discord.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US has been a victim of Deep Fakes. Even in India, Deep Fakes are known to have been circulated in some electoral contests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Way Ahead:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI\u2019s rapid upgrades, coupled with a transition to digital modes of governance, calls for a new level of safeguards on the part of the Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India needs to adopt a proactive approach against deep fakes like the U.S government. It should invest in talent and technology to cripple hackers\u2019 cyber infrastructure.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S has been a persistent victim of deep fakes and ransomware attacks, the latest one being the hacking of a critical oil pipeline on the eastern side.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Times of India\u00a0 Relevance &#8211; Artificial Intelligence is the future of all machineries. However, Its potential misuse must be stopped for its optimum utlisation. Synopsis: The Government of India needs to invest in technology and talent in order to counter the danger posed by deep fake technology. Background: Roadrunner: A documentary on the late&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ais-dark-side\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI\u2019s dark side<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[8492,216],"class_list":["post-119690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-ais-dark-side","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":1699445475,"cached_date":1699463956},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}