Combating Misinformation and Deep Fakes

Roman Kazorin
School of Governance and Politics, MGIMO University

Andrey Navolokin
School of Governance and Politics, MGIMO University

Abstract

With the advent of the 21st century, mankind has entered a completely new, previously unknown world of technology. The development of knowledge-intensive industries does not stand still, and today both public and private corporations around the world are engaged in the development of advanced technologies. Over the last 3 years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken a huge step in its development.

By now, applications and devices with artificial intelligence are all around us, in our homes, in our offices and even in urban infrastructure. AI already has extensive learning capabilities and has started to replace humans in many areas of life, but it also makes our jobs easier and allows us to spend more time doing the things we love. In the context of the capabilities and associated risks of artificial intelligence, particularly in relation to its autonomous training, a diverse range of perspectives is pertinent.

The possible negative consequences of the development of artificial intelligence, among other respected personalities, were discussed by Stephen Hawking, who argued that the emergence of artificial intelligence could be the “worst event in the history of our civilization” unless society finds a way to control its development.

There is no doubt that artificial intelligence has been around since the middle of the last century. Thus, in 1969, the Shakey robot was built. He could reason about his actions, analyse commands, breaking down a task into simple partsа — It was the first robot in the history of mankind, which combined logic with physical actions. However, artificial intelligence as we know it today is a relatively recent phenomenon. In 2015, a research organization, OpenAI, was founded to develop artificial intelligence. And with the emergence of platforms such as ChatGPT, Midjorney and others, the world, people, skills and training requirements have changed completely.