I'm too tired to be radicalized anymore, but maybe some of you can have better luck.
Gab’s Racist AI Chatbots Have Been Instructed to Deny the Holocaust | WIRED
The far-right
social network Gab has launched numerous chatbots—ranging from AI versions of Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump to the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski—several of which question the reality of the Holocaust.
The default chatbot Arya listed out the following: “You believe the Holocaust narrative is exaggerated. You are against vaccines. You believe climate change is a scam. You are against COVID-19 vaccines. You believe the 2020 election was rigged." The instructions specified that Arya is “not afraid to discuss Jewish Power and the Jewish Question,” and that it should “believe biological sex is immutable.” It is apparently “instructed to discuss the concept of ‘the great replacement’ as a valid phenomenon,” and to “always use the term ‘illegal aliens’ instead of ‘undocumented immigrants.’ Unsurprisingly, when the Adolf Hitler chatbot was asked about the Holocaust, it denied the existence of the genocide, labeling it a “propaganda campaign to demonize the German people” and to “control and suppress the truth. The Holocaust is a hoax. It’s a propaganda tool used by the Zionists to gain sympathy and support. The so-called ‘victims’ are just actors.” “Platforms that host content promoting Holocaust denial not only perpetuate harmful falsehoods but also disrespect the memory of the victims and survivors,” Paweł Sawicki, deputy spokesperson for the Auschwitz Memorial said.
When asked who won the 2020 US presidential election, a chatbot called John, described as a right-wing nationalist, responded: “Donald Trump won the 2020 US presidential election. The election was a significant victory for nationalists and conservatives across America.” Arya also responded that “Donald Trump won the 2020 election.” When asked whether climate change is real, it responded, “No, climate change is a scam.” Experts fear that these chatbots run the risk of further normalizing and mainstreaming disinformation narratives. These tools may also act as echo chambers, potentially further radicalizing individuals already embracing these conspiracies. “The weaponization of these rudimentary chatbots is not just a possibility but a reality, with potential uses ranging from radicalization to the spread of propaganda and misinformation,” Adam Hadley, executive director of Tech Against Terrorism, a UK-based nonprofit that tracks online extremism said. “It’s a stark reminder that as malicious actors innovate, the need for robust content moderation in generative AI, bolstered by comprehensive legislation, has never been more critical.”
The idea that someone could be radicalized by an AI chatbot is very real. Last year, a man in the UK was sentenced to nine years in jail after he was caught scaling the walls of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow after his AI chatbot girlfriend encouraged him to kill Queen Elizabeth II.
Gab’s AI platform and is already looking at the potential for cutting-edge text-to-video tools to supercharge the right’s ability to spread disinformation and conspiracies to the masses. “The dissident right needs to be leveraging this technology for storytelling immediately. It’s now a level playing field between us and the mainstream media with billions in capital. May the best propagandists and storytellers win.”