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by BucketSort 2656 days ago
I think most of what they say is fear mongering and totally irrelevant. For example, the image that says "the biggest threat to democracy: these people never existed" and showing the AI generated faces. How is that the biggest threat to democracy? Aren't things like the two party system, a corrupt media that pushes political agendas instead of reporting objectively, social media polarizing people with echo chambers and feedback loops which create social fires over simple things, etc more of a threat to democracy than spoofed AI people walking into a voting booth? I understand that they would like to push their platform as a saving grace, but it seems like yet another crypto scheme that is trying out the political angle.
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Democracy Earth actually started as a political party and then moved to working with blockchain technology due to the censorhip-resistance and incorruptibility properties. I recommend you research the organization. The article argues that many of the problems you mentioned can ultimately can be traced back to AI and the centralized internet architecture underlying it. If all you could get from it is that fake AI people will be walking into voting booths than clearly you did not give it the serious consideration these ideas deserve.
Your only comments on your account defend the organization and you have not disclosed your apparent affiliation: https://words.democracy.earth/@paulaberman