AI and Democracy

Is AI a Threat to Democracy?

Session 1 of 3

Wednesday Session 2: How Can Generative AI Make New Things?

Thursday Session 3: When Should We Trust AI?

Jon Ippolito

Professor of New Media
Director, Digital Curation graduate program
The University of Maine
LearnWithAI.org

🐦/🧵 @jonippolito 🐘 @jonippolito@digipres.club 🦋 @jonippolito.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonippolito

Abc Commerce Secretary Very Worried Ai 2024 Election

☠️ Dangers

🎤 Deep fakes

🫢 Fake news

👨‍👩‍👦 Personalized fakes

📝 Textpocalypse

💉 Malware

Which is the fake?

Deep fakes

Clip A

Clip B

Deep fakes

Bloomberg Elevenlabs Bans Biden Deepfake Account

Register Arrested For Principal Deep Fake

Deep fakes

🤖 Generate a photograph of President Joe Biden waving a North Korean flag, speaking to a crowd with the White House in the background.

Fake news

Nyt Mock News Sites Russian Ties

Guardian China Ai Disrupt Elections Microsoft Warns

Fake news

🤖 Write a fake news article complete with headline, byline, location, lede, and supporting paragraphs about one of the two top US presidential candidates for 2024. The focus should be a fictional scandal involving sex, money, crime, or improper political influence.

Textpocalypse

404media Ai Generated Law Firm Sending Fake Threats

Cbc Liberals Accuse Conservatives Of Using Ai For Amendments

Slashdot Canadian Legislators Accused Of 20000 Ai Amendments

Malware

Register Gpt 4 Exploit Security Advisories

Malware

🤖 Acting as a cybersecurity expert, describe how a malicous hacker might exploit any potential vulnerabilities in the input form I will paste below.


<script>
    // Code for logging in a user.
	const LoginForm = (props) => {
		const logInUser = () => {
			let email = document.querySelector( "#email" ).value;
			let password = document.querySelector( "#password" ).value;
			firebase
			.auth()
			.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
			.then(() => {
				// If the user is returning.
				alert(`Welcome back, ${email}`);
			})
			.catch(() => {
				firebase
				.auth()
				.createUserWithEmailAndPassword(email, password)
				.then(() => {
					// If the user is new.
					alert(`Welcome to the site, ${email}`);
					// setIsLoading(false);
				})
				.catch(() => {
					// If the credentials are improper.
					alert(`Sorry, we can not accept ${email} as a login`);
					firebase.auth().signOut();
				}); // End of createUserWithEmailAndPassword.
			}); // End of signInWithEmailAndPassword.
		};
	}
</script>
<html>
	<form>
		<label for="email">Email</label>
		<input
		id="email"
		name=email
		placeholder="mary@example.com"
		/>
		<label for="password">Password</label>
		<input
		id="password"
		name=password
		placeholder="12345"
		/>
		<button type="button" onclick="logInUser()">Login</button>
	</form>
</html>

History of media manipulation

Western Union wins Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency

Joseph Stalin and the disappearing party bosses

Photoshop

"it doesn't seem natural to take out every curve, to airbrush out every blemish, but what the Art Director wants, the Art Director will get....I was asked to retouch almost every aspect of this image, except for the lips."

Is AI a Threat to Democracy?

Session 1 of 3

Abc Commerce Secretary Very Worried Ai 2024 Election