Security News > 2020 > January > Artificial Personas and Public Discourse
2020-01-13 14:21
One of the biggest threats on the horizon: artificial personas are coming, and they're poised to take over political debate.
Over the years, algorithmic bots have evolved to have personas.
Researchers can detect that these are bots and not people, based on their patterns of posting, but the bot technology is getting better all the time, outpacing tracking attempts.
AI-driven personas will be able to write personalized letters to newspapers and elected officials, submit individual comments to public rule-making processes, and intelligently debate political issues on social media.
Artificial personas will be designed to act exactly like real people.
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