How neural networks are changing the global political landscape

1. Undermining
democracy
how neural networks are changing
the global political landscape
by Alisa Kolesnikova

2. neural networks
asimovinstitute.org

3. sample of Cambridge Analytica’s ‘Trump for President’ debrief
(as showcased by The Guardian in March 2018)

4. Text: articles, official declarations
Video: TV, YouTube, etc Sound: radio, speech recordings
Opinion sharing: live talks,
posts, tweets, comments
COMMUNICATION
VOTE
ENFORCEMENT

5. I am not sure what to think
about the refugee crisis..
Opinion sharing: live talks,
posts, tweets, comments
Text: articles, official
declarations

6. Something Unreal youtube.com/watch?v=NG-LATBZNBs
Sound: radio, speech
recordings

7. https://www.dw.com/en/facial-recognition-surveillance-test-extended-at-berlin-train-station/a-41813861
Facial Recognition Scanning. John Lund/Getty Images

8. Synthesizing Obama: Learning Lip Sync from Audio
Supasorn Suwajanakorn, Steven N Seitz, Ira Kemelmacher-Schlizerman,
University of Washington
Video: TV, YouTube

9. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/in-the-age-of-ai-is-seeing-still-believing
Video: TV, YouTube

10. AfD
CDU
CSU
Die LINKE
FDP
GRÜNE
SPD
botcheck.me

11. • Attention economy + deep fakes = reality indifference
• We need new communication channels
• Neural Networks do not belong to anybody, data does – use both wisely