I thought this was excessive and impossible, but as I was reading, I realized nowadays everything you say is technically possible. The future gives me the chills.
replyThe likely outcome is that the phone system becomes massively more locked down. Your phone will only ring if the caller has a number which is backed by a real ID, particularly one from your own country. It will become increasingly difficult to contact someone you don’t have a legitimate connection to.
replyThe banking system will become increasingly fraud resilient with better real time detection of fraud.
Your phone may even have its own AI on your side listening in on the call and sounding the alarm when a number from Nigeria starts using an AI voice pretending to be your son.
You would just get called from an agent (bot) based in your country. There’s no easy way to prevent that. Fraud is massive and it’s becoming cheaper and easier to run at scale.
replyThen when it gets reported the authorities can just look up the owner of that number and arrest them. Vs overseas based operations that are difficult to follow up on.
replySome would argue, forcefully at that, that AI cannot make art and/or cannot be used to make art.
replyWhat I saw was Transmetropolitan setup, where Hole renews their presence online every 5 minutes or so to avoid government censor.
People used to say the same about photography a while ago.
replyOh:D I am not saying they are right, but the sentiment has become rather strong lately.
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