Hey Barrack, you want anything?
Posted on 06/16/2023 4:09:48 PM PDT by ransomnote
Obama says he's been target of 'deepfakes,' predicts next election cycle will be rife with false info
Former President Barack Obama suggested in a new interview the development of "digital fingerprints" to combat misinformation and distinguish between true and misleading news for consumers.
Obama sat down with his former White House senior adviser David Axelrod for a conversation on the latter's podcast, "The Axe Files," on CNN Audio. During the interview, Axelrod noted he's seen "misinformation, disinformation, [and] deepfakes" targeting Obama.
"As I've told people, because I was the first digital president when I left office, I was probably the most recorded, filmed, photographed human in history, which is kind of a weird thing," responded Obama. "But just the odds are that I was. As a consequence, there's a lot of raw material there."
Former President Barack Obama leaves after delivering a speech during COP26 at SECC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 8, 2021. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
BARACK OBAMA LECTURES ABOUT 'WIDESPREAD DISINFORMATION' ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: 'TRUTH MATTERS'
The former president added that the deepfakes — digitally manipulated images, audio or video that appear legitimate — started with a version of him dancing, "saying dirty limericks" and similar kinds of activity.
"That technology's here now," continued Obama, who warned about the issue getting worse moving forward. "So, most immediately we're going to have all the problems we had with misinformation before, [but] this next election cycle will be worse."
He then suggested "digital fingerprints" to discern truth from misinformation.
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A FReeper noticed that a gas station had videos running on each pump and the word-of-the-day for the customer to learn was 'deepfake'. The little tutorial warned that video that video which is fake can look very real etc.
The article includes other links and commentary - one links to Obama being ridiculed (e.g., his pushing of Russia gate Fake News etc.) and another about his big idea about digital signatures being prone to abuse.
Maybe they could put a mark on everybody’s hand or forehead W digitally scanned?
Digital signatures are rubbish, a magically naive solution that won’t work. Question everything even if, or especially if, it’s on CNN.
😂😂😂😂👍. Otay! Clown circus is back in town.
We at FR from back in the day won’t forget “Rathergate” with the “fake but accurate” document “recreation” which CBS used in attempt to take down W over his national guard record. Their scam was exposed here.
I think it would be used as tracking those who disagree with the media/leftist agenda.
So the dunce adds to his large list of idiocies by suggesting that the most alterable record types in the world cannot be altered? That idiot should thank whatever false entity he believes in (if he believes in anything other than himself) that quotas existed - along with a corrupt media. Otherwise, he’d still be on the only job he could do - schlep ice cream.
So do I.
That’s what the mark of the beast will do!
Hey Barrack, you want anything?
Barry should be hung for treason ...this animal was strong arming banks while in the cesspool of Chitcago and his MUZZIE alliance and infiltration of our government is exactly why the forefathers stated AMERICAN BORN. I loathe the day our complicit spineless RINO party allowed this bastard of a human to get in office. Satan was smiling when he pulled this off. I truly hate this destructive faggot. (I know its wrong but I am and never will be perfect.)
He is following the communist playbook, the only “Real” information is the info that THEY release, everything else said gets you put in the gulags
I dunno? You said I could pick my doctor and that turned out to not be true, so I’m not quite so interested.
Such evil and baloney.
The “first digital president”? Clinton and W had 8 years each in the Internet era before him. And every president has more advanced/tech coverage than those before him.
And he was always a totalitarian.
“Hearing footsteps Bammy?”
What’s with the “we” sh*t, Barry? You got a RAT in your pocket?
O’Bonzo wouldn’t know false information if it bit him on the white side of his butt. The “media” ran a bullsh*t campaign lie extravaganza of false information for their RAT massahs in 2020 with the Russki lies and then again in 2022. All lies and misinformation from the Dung Beetle turd roller party. That’s all the far left turd rollers have. Lies and misinformation.
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