⭐ Lab Preparation

2024/25 Autumn Term

Author

The DS101A Team

Published

04 December 2024

🗺️ Context

Generative AI enables users to build content, such as text, images, video, or audio using (at times) simple user-specified prompts. Whilst the opportunities of Generative AI are obvious, many actors in the social and political world are using this technology to further their agendas. Many fear that, in the age of Generative AI, deepfakes can be used for gain, while others go further, arguing that such technologies can be used to influence key decisions, such as who a citizen should vote for in elections. Beyond politics, the use of our images, writing, and speech by others raise fundamental concerns regarding the right to a persona.

📖 Lab Preparation

Please read the following articles before the week 10 lab.

🤔 Opinion pieces

Jones, Nicola and Nature Magazine (2024). “Who Owns Your Voice in the Age of AI?”. Scientific American – (Jones and Scientific American 2024)

🗞️ In the news

Berry, Kate (2024). “‘I was scammed out of £75k by Martin Lewis deepfake advert’”. BBC – (Berry 2024)

Ganguly, Manisha (2024). “‘It’s not me, it’s just my face’: the models who found their likenesses had been used in AI propaganda”. The Guardian – (Ganguly 2024)

Kleeman, Jenny (2024). “She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all”. The Guardian – (Kleeman 2024)

Taylor, Luke (2023). “Amnesty International criticised for using AI-generated images”. The Guardian – (Taylor 2023)

Academic journals

Barari, Soubhik, Kevin Munger, and Christopher Lucas (2024). “Political Deepfakes are as Credible as Other Fake Media and (Sometimes) Real Media”. Journal of Politics – (Barari, Munger, and Lucas 2021)

Bueno de Mesquita, Ethan, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Andrew B. Hall, Kristian Lum, Gregory J. Martin, and Yamil Ricardo Velez (2024). “Preparing for Generative AI in the 2024 Election: Recommendations and Best Practices Based on Academic Research” – (Bueno De Mesquita et al. 2023)

Mateusz Łabuz and Christopher Nehring (2024). “On the way to deep fake democracy? Deep fakes in election campaigns in 2023”. European Political Science 23: 454-473 – (Łabuz and Nehring 2024)

References

Barari, Soubhik, Kevin Munger, and Christopher Lucas. 2021. “Political Deepfakes Are as Credible as Other Fake Media and (Sometimes) Real Media.” Journal of Politics.
Berry, Kate. 2024. “’I Was Scammed Out of £75k by Martin Lewis Deepfake Advert’.” BBC News, November. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyvj754d9lo.
Bueno De Mesquita, E, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Andrew B Hall, Kristian Lum, Gregory J Martin, and Y Ricardo Velez. 2023. “Preparing for Generative AI in the 2024 Election: Recommendations and Best Practices Based on Academic Research.” University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Ganguly, Manisha. 2024. “’It’s Not Me, It’s Just My Face’: The Models Who Found Their Likenesses Had Been Used in AI Propaganda.” The Guardian, October. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/16/its-not-me-its-just-my-face-the-models-who-found-their-likenesses-had-been-used-in-ai-propaganda.
Jones, Nicola, and Scientific American. 2024. “Who Owns Your Voice in the Age of AI?” Scientific American, May. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scarlett-johanssons-openai-dispute-raises-questions-about-persona-rights/.
Kleeman, Jenny. 2024. “She Was Accused of Faking an Incriminating Video of Teenage Cheerleaders. She Was Arrested, Outcast and Condemned. The Problem? Nothing Was Fake After All.” The Guardian, May. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/11/she-was-accused-of-faking-an-incriminating-video-of-teenage-cheerleaders-she-was-arrested-outcast-and-condemned-the-problem-nothing-was-fake-after-all.
Łabuz, Mateusz, and Christopher Nehring. 2024. “On the Way to Deep Fake Democracy? Deep Fakes in Election Campaigns in 2023.” European Political Science, 1–20.
Taylor, Luke. 2023. “Amnesty International Criticised for Using AI-Generated Images.” The Guardian, May. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/amnesty-international-ai-generated-images-criticism.