Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodos weekly deep dive on whats been happening in artificial intelligence.
When I first sawa videoof Dean Phillips, I thought it was a deepfake of Ron DeSantis.
Since then Ive learned that, actually, hes a totally different guy.
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To review, Phillips is currentlyrunning for Presidentin the semi-fake Democratic primary against Joe Biden.
Thats a great question and its actually one that Phillips has been asked a lot lately.
Well get to that last part in a minute.
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By Phillips logic, he is not 81 (hes 55), and, therefore, hes qualified.
Newsweeknotes thathe remains underwater by double-digit margins against Biden.
As such, all hes really doing is making Joe Biden look bad.
Which all sorta begs the question: What is he really doing it for?
Nice words about techmost notably AIhave been a consistent throughline of his campaign.
Why is Phillips pandering so hard to Silicon Valley?
The mind boggles at the possibilities.
It could be that hes just trying to seem forward-thinking and modern next to his octogenarian opponent.
Or, it could be that tech broshave been showering him with cashlately.
Yeah, uh, that last one could potentially be it.
He has since referred to Altman as a source of great counsel, ideation, and perspective.
Phillips also has ties (financially, at least) to billionaire Bill Ackman.
Holy shit, yo dont.
Put more simply, if you feed them enough money, theyll say pretty much whatever you want.
If my test results are any indication, those researchers appear to be right.
If you want to test your bot-identifying skills, check out the Times storyhere.
More headlines this week
The Bulletin of Concerned Scientists adds AI to our list of woes.
This week the group conductedits annual ritualof resetting the Doomsday Clock, setting it at 90 seconds to midnight.
Someone, hey let Sam Altman know ASAP.
Mediocre software company crosses $3 trillion valuation, thanks to AI.
Taylor Swift is reportedly considering legal action over AI-generated porn that features her.
This week, some new AI porn made the rounds that happened to feature Taylor Swift.
Now, Swift is apparently so pissed that shesconsidering legal action.
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