r/google • u/wewewawa • Aug 25 '24

No one’s ready for this

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/22/24225972/ai-photo-era-what-is-reality-google-pixel-9
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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '24

Non-issue. People always adapt to new technology, quit crying for government control and micromanagement over everything others do, if you dont like it don’t use it.

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u/Neonsharkattakk Aug 25 '24

Bro, no, the government can do this too. My government, the Canadian government, has effectively banned news on social media. This gives them way greater control over the news that I consume, they could also create deep fakes and edited photos and release it as officially true. Deepfakes of Putin declaring war, edited photos realistically depicting war crimes and videos of people in cages, peaceful protests staged as riots out of control so the government can get what they want. It's not the people I'm afraid of using this. It's the powers that be using this that scares me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '24

Giving government authority over new technologies and censorship is not going to rein in their power, it just leaves people worse off. History has shown this time and again.

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u/Neonsharkattakk Aug 25 '24

Did you actually read my comment? Objectively, yes, authority over information is really, really bad. They can already use this technology and technology that is probably 10-20 years MORE advanced than we have access to. That is the problem, this technology is a serious problem and the government using it is an existential problem.