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Meet the AI rapper funded by a far-right party— Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)
submitted 2 days ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Advance UK paid a secretive AI operation to make its political campaign content
  • The same group created Danny Bones, a white-nationalist rapper whose videos target Muslims. They have been viewed millions of times
  • Experts said this could mark new ground in the use of AI tools for political ends
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[–] DamnianWayne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Algorithms took over searching, flood the algorithm with content and fake views and you dictate what others see.

[–] KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago

^ this. The specific example in my mind was TikTok short-form manosphere content that flooded the internet in 2023.

It doesn't even need to have fake views. Content tagged with rising extremist views will naturally foster higher engagement—some of it from the absurdity; some of it from the growing group of people who believe it. Andrew Tate was a large part of promoting violent misogyny and patriarchy. The views never changed; they just became far more familiar.