00:00Artificial intelligence and politics, a modern debate threatening an ancient principle.
00:09Australia's first political deepfake debuted more than four years ago.
00:13A deepfake is an AI generated simulation of a real person making them say or do things
00:21that they didn't really say or do.
00:24And it's becoming easier and faster to make deepfakes, and harder to detect them.
00:30In the intervening years, we've seen deepfakes used to mislead elsewhere in the world, including
00:38in advance of the US election.
00:40The current premier has also been subjected to deepfakes ahead of the Queensland election.
00:46His voice was manipulated to sell bitcoin.
00:53In my opinion, it is going to be a threat to democracy.
00:59With the ability to spread misinformation.
01:02That could have a huge impact in terms of how the voters cast their votes, and then
01:07it could change the result of the election.
01:10We made a deepfake in minutes, just by using an app.
01:14The Queensland Labor Premier says his party won't be creating deepfakes, but an LNP spokesperson
01:20says it's a way for them to connect to younger voters.
01:23I think it is our responsibility while using social media, is to double check and always
01:28rely on reliable sources.
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