Disinformation is the ‘threat of a generation,’ but Canada is struggling to deal with it: National security adviser::Advances in AI have pushed disinformation and misinformation campaigns to a new level of effectiveness and covertness, says Jody Thomas.
That’s scamming. Modern political misinformation’s goal is maybe to convince but primarily to flood you with shit, muddy the waters such that you lose your ability to discern the truth in a reasonable time frame and abandon action, jam the machine, - “eh, both the same”, “eh, middle ground”, “eh, who knows who’s right”, “don’t want to get involved”.
Kleptocracy loves that. It’s very successful too - see climate change action, public transport, the current supreme court etc.