Concerned about the social consequences of deepfakes, a group of more than 300 professionals from the fields of technology, artificial intelligence, and digital ethics throughout the globe has called for government involvement to fight them.
A group of more than 300 global leaders in tech, AI, digital ethics, and child safety have signed an open letter calling on governments to deal with deepfakes immediately.
The letter, which was published on February 21 and is called “Disrupting the Deepfake Supply Chain,” calls on political leaders, legislators, and governments to “impose requirements” on the supply chain in order to stop the spread of deepfakes.
The document further requests criminal penalties for those who “knowingly create or facilitate the spread of harmful deepfakes,” as well as measures to ensure that software and media product distributors do not create such deepfakes in their products, and penalties for those whose measures are not adequate.
Andrew Yang, a US politician and crypto advocate, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, two Estonian presidents from the past, and hundreds of other academics from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, and China are among the signatories of the letter.
The letter’s principal author, Andrew Critch, is an artificial intelligence researcher in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at UC Berkeley. Critch stated:
“People, groups, and democracies are already feeling the effects of deepfakes, which pose a serious danger to human civilization.”
He said that he and his coworkers drafted the letter to rally public opinion in favor of legislative initiatives to put an end to deepfakes through “urgent action.”
The need for “biometric rights” is “ever more clear,” according to Joy Buolamwini, author of Unmasking AI and co-founder of the Algorithmic Justice League.
“Although everyone is vulnerable to algorithmic exploitation, the disadvantaged bear a disproportionate share of the damage. Women and girls make up almost all (98% of non-consensual deepfakes). Because of this, we should all stand out against the inappropriate use of AI.” “High punishments for flagrant misuse of AI are necessary,” she said.
The Center for AI Safety and the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab were among the groups that helped write and distribute the letter.
The United States’ existing laws do not go far enough in outlawing the creation and distribution of fakes. But new developments have forced the authorities to move swiftly.
Legislators in the United States have started calling for swift action legislation to make it a crime to create fake photos after several of them featuring pop star Taylor Swift went viral.
Following the distribution of a deepfake using President Joe Biden’s appearance, the United States outlawed the use of AI-generated voices in scam robocalls a few days later. In an effort to safeguard consumers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggested new rules on February 16 that would make it illegal for AI to pretend to be a company or government agency.
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