This article describes The Cannes Declaration on the Sovereignty of the Mind, which was signed by a coalition of experts at the World AI Cannes Festival. 3 page PDF. So OK. It reads, "We ask for the conditions under which innovation can remain compatible with democracy and fundamental freedoms, including a firm boundary against systems designed or used to manipulate thought at scale or to evade human thought and reflection." Sure, their focus is on the potential uses of AI, and I get that. But it strikes me that commercial media and advertising (also synonymous with Cannes) have been responsible for large-scale manipulations of thought and beliefs. I have often said "advertising is the original fake news." I should also say "advertising is the original hallucination." But these experts (pictured) don't see the world the way I do.
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