Prevent dangerous AI

Current dangers

Why it matters

1. Don't let governments become dictatorships. Footage is a key part of holding authorities accountable. Who will watch the watchers? We the people. We can't let AI ruin that.

Not being able to trust pictures, video, audio

FAQ

What about AI detection software?
Even though generators and detectors both get more advanced over time, the generators ultimately win, unfortunately. Read more

What could be done:

policy ideas

• Ban unwatermarked generative AI 💬 discussion should watermarking be combined with an additional policy where every AI image generator company has to keep a database of all generated images, and offer a free service for anyone to verify any image on the internet, as in, to see if it matches something in the database?
  what should we title such a policy?

tech ideas

• Anonymous camera digital signatures

Status quo:

• Google's AI image generators produce images with a "synth ID" so they can be identified as fake. Not sure how foolproof it is though.
• Sora AI (video generator) adds a subtle watermark to the video. Some people have been known to crop it out though.
• There are plenty of image generators that don't produce any watermark at all.
• Watermarks in general are not hard to remove, unfortunately. Still better than nothing though; most people probably won't bother removing them. So watermarking can at least reduce the total amount of misleading slop on the internet.

FAQ

Why not just create more jobs? Read more History is full of technological breakthroughs that made work more efficient. But instead of people working less, the economy adapted by producing more. That's what they call "economic growth", and it's been one of the most inefficient ways to lift people out of poverty. After all these decades, most people are still overworked at their jobs, and there are still almost a billion people malnourished. We need to do better.

Other concerns

* Environmental impact of AI
* AI psychosis

Other discussions

* Talk: Are AI images art or plagiarism?

Unemployment

Main solution: Socialize basic needs

Future dangers

Unaligned superintelligence

If you're not familiar with this, you can start by watching: If anyone builds it, everyone dies

Now is the time to figure out how to prevent catastrophic AI, before it's too late. If you have policy ideas or more, join the discussion.