#aiswarms — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #aiswarms, aggregated by home.social.
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"Bottom line
The point isn’t that AI makes democracy impossible. The point is that democracy becomes brittle when it’s cheap to counterfeit social proof—when it costs little to run a fake crowd and minutes to manufacture “public opinion.”
The mission is straightforward: make large-scale impersonation and coordination harder to run, easier to detect, and less profitable to sustain. If we get that right, the public square does not need a central authority to decide what is true. It needs conditions where authentic human participation is visible—and where engineered consensus collapses the moment it tries to scale.
Key takeaways
The next wave of influence operations may not look like obvious copy-paste bots. It may look like communities: thousands of AI personas with memory, social identities, distinct styles, and coordinated goals.
The most dangerous outcome is not a single viral lie—it is synthetic consensus: the illusion that “everyone is saying this,” which can quietly bend beliefs and norms.
This is already moving from theory to reality. In July 2024, the U.S. DOJ announced it disrupted a Russia-linked AI-enhanced bot operation involving nearly 1,000 accounts impersonating Americans.
Defenses should not hinge on policing content. They should focus on coordination and provenance: detecting statistically unlikely patterns, stress-testing defenses with simulations, strengthening identity/proof signals, and shifting platform incentives."
https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/when-ai-can-fake-majorities-democracy
#AI #GenerativeAI #AISwarms #Disinformation #Propaganda #SocialMedia #Democracy
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"Bottom line
The point isn’t that AI makes democracy impossible. The point is that democracy becomes brittle when it’s cheap to counterfeit social proof—when it costs little to run a fake crowd and minutes to manufacture “public opinion.”
The mission is straightforward: make large-scale impersonation and coordination harder to run, easier to detect, and less profitable to sustain. If we get that right, the public square does not need a central authority to decide what is true. It needs conditions where authentic human participation is visible—and where engineered consensus collapses the moment it tries to scale.
Key takeaways
The next wave of influence operations may not look like obvious copy-paste bots. It may look like communities: thousands of AI personas with memory, social identities, distinct styles, and coordinated goals.
The most dangerous outcome is not a single viral lie—it is synthetic consensus: the illusion that “everyone is saying this,” which can quietly bend beliefs and norms.
This is already moving from theory to reality. In July 2024, the U.S. DOJ announced it disrupted a Russia-linked AI-enhanced bot operation involving nearly 1,000 accounts impersonating Americans.
Defenses should not hinge on policing content. They should focus on coordination and provenance: detecting statistically unlikely patterns, stress-testing defenses with simulations, strengthening identity/proof signals, and shifting platform incentives."
https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/when-ai-can-fake-majorities-democracy
#AI #GenerativeAI #AISwarms #Disinformation #Propaganda #SocialMedia #Democracy
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"Bottom line
The point isn’t that AI makes democracy impossible. The point is that democracy becomes brittle when it’s cheap to counterfeit social proof—when it costs little to run a fake crowd and minutes to manufacture “public opinion.”
The mission is straightforward: make large-scale impersonation and coordination harder to run, easier to detect, and less profitable to sustain. If we get that right, the public square does not need a central authority to decide what is true. It needs conditions where authentic human participation is visible—and where engineered consensus collapses the moment it tries to scale.
Key takeaways
The next wave of influence operations may not look like obvious copy-paste bots. It may look like communities: thousands of AI personas with memory, social identities, distinct styles, and coordinated goals.
The most dangerous outcome is not a single viral lie—it is synthetic consensus: the illusion that “everyone is saying this,” which can quietly bend beliefs and norms.
This is already moving from theory to reality. In July 2024, the U.S. DOJ announced it disrupted a Russia-linked AI-enhanced bot operation involving nearly 1,000 accounts impersonating Americans.
Defenses should not hinge on policing content. They should focus on coordination and provenance: detecting statistically unlikely patterns, stress-testing defenses with simulations, strengthening identity/proof signals, and shifting platform incentives."
https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/when-ai-can-fake-majorities-democracy
#AI #GenerativeAI #AISwarms #Disinformation #Propaganda #SocialMedia #Democracy
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"Bottom line
The point isn’t that AI makes democracy impossible. The point is that democracy becomes brittle when it’s cheap to counterfeit social proof—when it costs little to run a fake crowd and minutes to manufacture “public opinion.”
The mission is straightforward: make large-scale impersonation and coordination harder to run, easier to detect, and less profitable to sustain. If we get that right, the public square does not need a central authority to decide what is true. It needs conditions where authentic human participation is visible—and where engineered consensus collapses the moment it tries to scale.
Key takeaways
The next wave of influence operations may not look like obvious copy-paste bots. It may look like communities: thousands of AI personas with memory, social identities, distinct styles, and coordinated goals.
The most dangerous outcome is not a single viral lie—it is synthetic consensus: the illusion that “everyone is saying this,” which can quietly bend beliefs and norms.
This is already moving from theory to reality. In July 2024, the U.S. DOJ announced it disrupted a Russia-linked AI-enhanced bot operation involving nearly 1,000 accounts impersonating Americans.
Defenses should not hinge on policing content. They should focus on coordination and provenance: detecting statistically unlikely patterns, stress-testing defenses with simulations, strengthening identity/proof signals, and shifting platform incentives."
https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/when-ai-can-fake-majorities-democracy
#AI #GenerativeAI #AISwarms #Disinformation #Propaganda #SocialMedia #Democracy
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"Bottom line
The point isn’t that AI makes democracy impossible. The point is that democracy becomes brittle when it’s cheap to counterfeit social proof—when it costs little to run a fake crowd and minutes to manufacture “public opinion.”
The mission is straightforward: make large-scale impersonation and coordination harder to run, easier to detect, and less profitable to sustain. If we get that right, the public square does not need a central authority to decide what is true. It needs conditions where authentic human participation is visible—and where engineered consensus collapses the moment it tries to scale.
Key takeaways
The next wave of influence operations may not look like obvious copy-paste bots. It may look like communities: thousands of AI personas with memory, social identities, distinct styles, and coordinated goals.
The most dangerous outcome is not a single viral lie—it is synthetic consensus: the illusion that “everyone is saying this,” which can quietly bend beliefs and norms.
This is already moving from theory to reality. In July 2024, the U.S. DOJ announced it disrupted a Russia-linked AI-enhanced bot operation involving nearly 1,000 accounts impersonating Americans.
Defenses should not hinge on policing content. They should focus on coordination and provenance: detecting statistically unlikely patterns, stress-testing defenses with simulations, strengthening identity/proof signals, and shifting platform incentives."
https://www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/when-ai-can-fake-majorities-democracy
#AI #GenerativeAI #AISwarms #Disinformation #Propaganda #SocialMedia #Democracy
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Science Policy Forum warns of the dangers of AI for democracy
#AISwarms #artificialintelligence #resistance
https://www.mpg.de/26044163/ai-swarms-could-distort-democracy
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Science Policy Forum warns of the dangers of AI for democracy
#AISwarms #artificialintelligence #resistance
https://www.mpg.de/26044163/ai-swarms-could-distort-democracy
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Science Policy Forum warns of the dangers of AI for democracy
#AISwarms #artificialintelligence #resistance
https://www.mpg.de/26044163/ai-swarms-could-distort-democracy
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Science Policy Forum warns of the dangers of AI for democracy
#AISwarms #artificialintelligence #resistance
https://www.mpg.de/26044163/ai-swarms-could-distort-democracy
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Science Policy Forum warns of the dangers of AI for democracy
#AISwarms #artificialintelligence #resistance
https://www.mpg.de/26044163/ai-swarms-could-distort-democracy
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"A decade on, while the IRA is no more, disinformation campaigns have continued to evolve, including the use of AI technology to create fake websites and deepfake videos. A new paper, published in Science on Thursday, predicts an imminent step-change in how disinformation campaigns will be conducted. Instead of hundreds of employees sitting at desks in St. Petersburg, the paper posits, one person with access to the latest AI tools will be able to command “swarms” of thousands of social media accounts, capable not only of crafting unique posts indistinguishable from human content, but of evolving independently and in real time—all without constant human oversight.
These AI swarms, the researchers believe, could deliver society-wide shifts in viewpoint that not only sway elections but ultimately bring about the end of democracy—unless steps are taken now to prevent it.
“Advances in artificial intelligence offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level,” the report says. “By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”
The paper was authored by 22 experts from across the globe, drawn from fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, as well as psychology, computational social science, journalism, and government policy."
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy/
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"A decade on, while the IRA is no more, disinformation campaigns have continued to evolve, including the use of AI technology to create fake websites and deepfake videos. A new paper, published in Science on Thursday, predicts an imminent step-change in how disinformation campaigns will be conducted. Instead of hundreds of employees sitting at desks in St. Petersburg, the paper posits, one person with access to the latest AI tools will be able to command “swarms” of thousands of social media accounts, capable not only of crafting unique posts indistinguishable from human content, but of evolving independently and in real time—all without constant human oversight.
These AI swarms, the researchers believe, could deliver society-wide shifts in viewpoint that not only sway elections but ultimately bring about the end of democracy—unless steps are taken now to prevent it.
“Advances in artificial intelligence offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level,” the report says. “By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”
The paper was authored by 22 experts from across the globe, drawn from fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, as well as psychology, computational social science, journalism, and government policy."
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy/
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"A decade on, while the IRA is no more, disinformation campaigns have continued to evolve, including the use of AI technology to create fake websites and deepfake videos. A new paper, published in Science on Thursday, predicts an imminent step-change in how disinformation campaigns will be conducted. Instead of hundreds of employees sitting at desks in St. Petersburg, the paper posits, one person with access to the latest AI tools will be able to command “swarms” of thousands of social media accounts, capable not only of crafting unique posts indistinguishable from human content, but of evolving independently and in real time—all without constant human oversight.
These AI swarms, the researchers believe, could deliver society-wide shifts in viewpoint that not only sway elections but ultimately bring about the end of democracy—unless steps are taken now to prevent it.
“Advances in artificial intelligence offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level,” the report says. “By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”
The paper was authored by 22 experts from across the globe, drawn from fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, as well as psychology, computational social science, journalism, and government policy."
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy/
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"A decade on, while the IRA is no more, disinformation campaigns have continued to evolve, including the use of AI technology to create fake websites and deepfake videos. A new paper, published in Science on Thursday, predicts an imminent step-change in how disinformation campaigns will be conducted. Instead of hundreds of employees sitting at desks in St. Petersburg, the paper posits, one person with access to the latest AI tools will be able to command “swarms” of thousands of social media accounts, capable not only of crafting unique posts indistinguishable from human content, but of evolving independently and in real time—all without constant human oversight.
These AI swarms, the researchers believe, could deliver society-wide shifts in viewpoint that not only sway elections but ultimately bring about the end of democracy—unless steps are taken now to prevent it.
“Advances in artificial intelligence offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level,” the report says. “By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”
The paper was authored by 22 experts from across the globe, drawn from fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, as well as psychology, computational social science, journalism, and government policy."
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy/
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"A decade on, while the IRA is no more, disinformation campaigns have continued to evolve, including the use of AI technology to create fake websites and deepfake videos. A new paper, published in Science on Thursday, predicts an imminent step-change in how disinformation campaigns will be conducted. Instead of hundreds of employees sitting at desks in St. Petersburg, the paper posits, one person with access to the latest AI tools will be able to command “swarms” of thousands of social media accounts, capable not only of crafting unique posts indistinguishable from human content, but of evolving independently and in real time—all without constant human oversight.
These AI swarms, the researchers believe, could deliver society-wide shifts in viewpoint that not only sway elections but ultimately bring about the end of democracy—unless steps are taken now to prevent it.
“Advances in artificial intelligence offer the prospect of manipulating beliefs and behaviors on a population-wide level,” the report says. “By adaptively mimicking human social dynamics, they threaten democracy.”
The paper was authored by 22 experts from across the globe, drawn from fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, as well as psychology, computational social science, journalism, and government policy."
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-powered-disinformation-swarms-are-coming-for-democracy/
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New research shows AI‑enabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-enabled-disinformation-swarms-threaten-democratic-governance
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New research shows AI‑enabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-enabled-disinformation-swarms-threaten-democratic-governance
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New research shows AI‑enabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-enabled-disinformation-swarms-threaten-democratic-governance
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New research shows AI‑enabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ai-enabled-disinformation-swarms-threaten-democratic-governance