Last month, President Joe Biden took action to address the ever growing risks of AI and, in an attempt to create a structure for new AI security standards, passed an executive order on the use of automated intelligence within the office. These established guidelines state that federal agencies are to utilize AI in a regulated matter understanding its risks.

Mr. Ryan Popa, Cybersecurity teacher, was granted the opportunity of a Zoom meeting with Indiana’s senator Todd Young Nov. 6, allowing his Cybersecurity class to ask questions in relation to the recently passed executive order and the growing concerns of AI’s capabilities. He emphasizes how the potential of automation is a problem that extends even to our senetorial powers.

“It goes to show that AI even threatens us from a legislative viewpoint,” Mr. Popa said. “One of the kids asked him ‘Is AI divided by party lines?’ And he goes, ‘Oh, no, it’s all way too new of a technology, we’re all in it together and we’re all still trying to learn as much as we can.’ We’re all just as new to this. It’s baffling.”

Along with Cybersecurity’s growing interest in AI’s capabilities, the class conducted a test using various automatic writing systems to create a collection of essays. The goal was to see how well these systems would interpret the given prompts, creating pieces that stretched 1000 word counts in the matter of a single click. Goldie Clark, senior, emphasizes the imposing risks these programs have on what we discern to be real and what may be created by automation.

“The AI we used in the assignment created far better answers than we could’ve possibly come up with,” Goldie said. “AI will just continue to affect our trust in the media. We won’t be able to draw the line between truth and falsehood anymore.”

How Can We Spot Ai Lies

• Check for labels. Metadata, often shown as a disclaimer, are often required on platforms to be labeled “AI-generated” on content created with AI-generative utilities.

• Don’t trust your first source. Try to educate yourself with bigger sources in the media. AI misinformation may often be generated by less reputable sites you don’t know.

• Search around. Take time to dive further into a topic and see if it’s consistent with other news outlets.

Source: https://www.cnet.com