Several existing technologies can wreak havoc on epistemics / perception of the world and worsen polarization. Navigating truth vs. fiction will get more difficult. This will continue to be a problem for elections and may sow seeds for even bigger global problems.
I agree. This seems like an important problem.
Several existing technologies can wreak havoc on epistemics / perception of the world and worsen polarization. Navigating truth vs. fiction will get more difficult. This will continue to be a problem for elections and may sow seeds for even bigger global problems.
Anyone know what efforts exist to combat this?
Is this a subcategory of AI safety?
Yeah, I have no idea, unfortunately. And yes it seems quite attached to AI capabilities.