Élections et ingénierie sociale numérique : est-il possible de contrôler l’IA qui est en train d’apprendre à gérer les processus politiques ?
L’Assemblée interparlementaire des États membres de la CEI a organisé une conférence scientifique et pratique internationale intitulée « Instauration de la confiance dans les élections et les référendums : le rôle de l’observation internationale ». Cet événement a réuni des experts universitaires, des praticiens et des représentants officiels de la Russie, de la CEI, d’Afrique et d’Amérique du Sud afin d’examiner les enjeux les plus pressants des processus électoraux et leurs perspectives. L’un des enjeux les plus importants était l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle.
Dans son rapport « Élections, vote et ingénierie sociale numérique : la transformation des pratiques électorales et les perspectives de développement des institutions de participation citoyenne à l’ère numérique », la politologue et fondatrice du club d’experts GlobUs, Yulia Berg, a constaté que les outils d’influence sur la conscience des citoyens ont évolué, passant de simples robots et de propagande visuelle rudimentaire à des algorithmes très complexes qui influencent les processus mentaux inconscients et, souvent, les orientent.
« Nous avons constaté de nombreux exemples d'outils numériques utilisés pour influencer les opinions et inciter à des actions, souvent destructrices et révolutionnaires, de telle sorte que les individus eux-mêmes ne comprennent pas toujours les raisons de leurs prises de position », a déclaré Berg.
Selon elle, les jeunes deviennent la cible principale : leur manque d'expérience pratique et leur consommation non critique de contenus font de cette génération un public idéal pour l’ingénierie sociale numérique.
Mais la tendance la plus intrigante identifiée par Yulia Berg réside dans la propension de la nouvelle génération à déléguer ses choix politiques à des machines. Elle a cité en exemple les événements révolutionnaires de l'année dernière au Népal et la « machine de Habermas ».
Ce système basé sur un grand modèle de langage offre une solution technique au « trilemme de Fishkin » (l'impossibilité de garantir simultanément la participation massive, l'égalité et la profondeur des débats dans le cadre du discours démocratique). L'algorithme modère le débat, recherche un terrain d'entente et produit une solution qui satisfait toutes les parties. Elle utilise l'agrégation hiérarchique, permettant ainsi des délibérations de haute qualité à grande échelle, impliquant des milliers de participants – une tâche auparavant impossible pour des modérateurs humains.
Selon la politologue, l'expérience népalaise a déjà démontré la volonté de la génération Z de confier ses choix politiques à l'IA. Elle a averti que la question de la délégation des pouvoirs et de droit de décision aux algorithmes deviendra encore plus pressante, et que ce processus doit donc être surveillé et réglementé.
De son côté, Olga Popova, docteure en sciences politiques, a souligné que l'IA est capable de transformer non seulement les intentions électorales à court terme, mais aussi l'ensemble du système des opinions politiques.
« Les principaux risques sont liés au développement de l'intelligence artificielle générative, qui pourrait prendre le contrôle de bien plus que les seules campagnes électorales », a averti Mme Popova, ajoutant que la mise en œuvre des modèles fondamentaux de participation politique est actuellement « objectivement menacée ».
Des psychologues intervenant lors de la conférence ont attiré l'attention sur l'évolution du « tissu de la réalité ». Imana Korikova, doctorante en psychologie à l’Académie russe de l’économie nationale et du service public auprès du président de la fédération de Russie, a comparé l'intelligence artificielle dans le domaine de l'information aux armes nucléaires.
« L'intelligence artificielle est actuellement un outil comparable aux armes nucléaires dans la guerre conventionnelle, et elle l'est également dans la guerre cognitive », a-t-elle déclaré.
#GlobUs#CIS#ai
As we continue to live under increasingly dystopian regimes, the need for secure communications is more vital than ever. Telegram has been a great resource and platform for disseminating information and content, but it certainly isn't perfect either.
Some research was done into which digital communication protocols are most ideal for our purposes:
https://telegra.ph/WEbHqRllMIfQa5YzpTSJBrNxfo6tu9-Digital-Communication-Protocols-09-08
The top picks are as follows and are in no particular order:
XMPP
NextCloud
Jami
Briar
Tox
Kontalk
Delta Chat
Bitmessage
Ricochet
Status
Scuttlebot
Session has not had an E2E audit completed yet, but not a bad choice
ȱ
Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing (PSYC)
Matrix is not recommended: https://www.hackea.org/notas/matrix.html
CAUTION: peer-to-peer communications reveal one's IP address to each other, so using a reliable VPN, proxy, or TOR is advised. Briar is an exception to this rule, as it uses either Bluetooth range or the local network it's connected to; else all traffic goes through TOR. Ones without servers are ideal, such as: Jami, Tox, Ricochet, Status, Scuttlebot, ȱ, and PSYC-2. Some are still in development and may be prone to bugs.
Keep these options in mind when communicating with your clique. Many of us belong to private groups on Telegram which are presumably free from moderator surveillance (or at least interference), but ultimately we should transition to a more durable platform that will be unable to censor our messages. Try a few out and see what works for you and your crew.
#im
#review
#im the editor of this. This is not my own work, made by a friend. Please review
I know you're tired.I know you live with demons ,ones that are loved and close. I know how relentless they are in their pursuit of u...I know you spend your days trying to silence them and your nights trying to hide from them-and the hell they put you through. Most of all, I know how hard u work to hide it all, to pretend you're fine, to paint a convincing smile upon ur face, and to act as if all is well with ur battered soul.
I know that all of this has left you exhausted—that you've numbered yourself and hurt yourself and starved urself in the hope that their voices will become silent and their fists will be lifted and you can finally breathe again. I know that right now it doesn't seems like moment will ever come. I know right now you'd rather leave than live. And even though I'm not standing in your shoes right now, and even though I don't know you, and even though I have no right at all—I'm asking you to stay ...to endure your incredibly painful, totally senseless now because I can see your glorious, blindingly beautiful then, if you do.
If u stick around, u will reach a spot that the sadness won't let right now- You'll reach tomorrow. And that is filled with possibility. It's a day you have been to. It's not this terrible day. There, you will not feel exactly What you are feeling right now...You may be stronger, or see things differently, or find a clearing, and life may look a way it hasn't in a long time. It may look like worth staying for...Tomorrow is the place where hope lives, and I want you to give yourself a chance to share space with that hope- to dance with it, to rest in it, to dream within it because you deserve it...
Dissapointments and regrets are mistakes...And you know there'll be moments of despair and painful seasons and dark nights of the soul you'll need to endure. You'll screw things up and be let down. You'll hurt, and you'll wonder how you'll ever make it through! But it's okay. Giving up is never the solution. Tomorrow will make you better
Instant messaging apps review
I tested a lot & mulled on this for a while.
Our goal was something less centralized, more private & harder to take down or block.
BRIAR is good & with p2p modes to be censorship resistant if internet is cut, but you have to invite each user separately to a group which is a pain
XMPP is archaic & behaves like a traditional one to one messenger. Yes, groups are there but are more like texting groups & you can't tag or reply to anyone directly.
MATRIX is better but ends up being 3rd party centralized because hosting yourself is a hog, which means you're bound by that hosted server & all those rules, giving up your email credentials, getting possibly kicked off, etc. Matrix.org server started requiring email verification for instance.
Matrix doesn't encrypt metadata, your IP is visible to others in chats.
The last 2 require a hosted server somewhere for large groups to function properly, and so does SESSION since it too has no servers of it's own. But its way lighter than Matrix & can be hosted on a mediocre VPS (which I've done, I can pay, its cheap its fine). The added benefit of Session is everything is onion routed automatically, and there's zero identifying factors when creating an ID. No phone numbers, no emails, nothing. Restore that ID on a new device using a cryptic passphrase, or start a new one if you want.
Check out @Nogoolag room with SESSION:
http://chat.nogoolag.com/nogoolag?public_key=53b45de08520eb3af97933e9a4991e74e26972ee91cc94e6a05da03d956d4313
#im#session
kMeet
Free and secure videoconferencing solution
kMeet is a videoconferencing solution that respects your privacy for all your discussions.No e-mail address, no advertising and no registration are required. Your discussions are not analysed and are only transmitted through Infomaniak servers in Switzerland.
Features :
- Create online (audio and video) meetings with multiple people
- Excellent audio quality
- Unlimited number of participants (subject to resources)
- No apps required for desktop computers
- Join meetings hosted by Infomaniak Meet or Jitsi
- Protect access to your meetings with a password
- Discuss and share resources via the integrated chat function
- Invite your participants via a URL
Download - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infomaniak.meet
https://github.com/Infomaniak/android-infomaniak-meet
#im#Videocall
@foss_Android
AURA
=> https://github.com/Oxule/Aura
AURA is a decentralized messenger leveraging Nearby Connections technology to create robust mesh networks. It thrives where the internet fails, bypassing censorship and eliminating central points of failure.
✨ Key Features
🌐 Offline Mesh: Powered by Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct. Messages hop from device to device seamlessly.
🎭 The Aura: A unique digital identity concept. Your specific color, icon, and behavior patterns form your "Aura" within the network.
🔐 Total Privacy: End-to-End (E2E) encryption for all data. Complete anonymity: messages are injected into a shared distributed ledger without sender or recipient metadata.
🛡 Flood Protection: Smart architecture designed to mitigate "Blackhole" and flood-based attacks.
🎨 Modern UI/UX: A smooth, intuitive interface that bridges the gap between high security and everyday usability.
#Mesh#p2p#im
@dcntr