2022/08/22

Misinformation in the Metaverse Will Be So Much Worse, Information Scientist Says

“A political candidate is giving a speech to millions of people. For every viewer, the candidate’s face has been subtly modified to resemble the viewer.”
– Rand Waltzman, adjunct senior information scientist at the RAND Corporation, providing a plausible example of mass manipulation in the metaverse. “We are not even close to being able to defend users,” Waltzman warns. “Malicious actors will be able to take the age-old dark arts of deception and influence to new heights—or depths.”
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