Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro on Sunday accused “artificial intelligence” of plotting to overthrow his government with the ultimate goal of “colonizing humanity.”
President Maduro made the rant while participating in the “World Congress of Young Students Against Fascism,'' a weekend gathering of far-left international students who are anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-capitalist. hosted by the Venezuelan socialist regime in Caracas. According to Maduro's government, people from about 70 countries participated.
Participants in far-left events reportedly Claiming that Venezuela is a country “at peace and fully committed to the horizon of prosperity and happiness,” it announced that “we are waging a great struggle against imperialism and fascism in Venezuela.”
At one of the conferences at the weekend's events, President Maduro claimed to an audience that the Western world had “perfected” artificial intelligence in order to mount a “cyber-fascist coup” against humanity.
“Through two technological tools that Western countries have perfected. One is the first generation of artificial intelligence. They are already talking about achieving artificial superintelligence. , data from every culture and every society has been fed,” Maduro said. “And today, artificial intelligence is leading cognitive warfare, cognitive genocide, military warfare, economic warfare.”
“I'm not exaggerating, folks. That's exactly right. Through artificial intelligence, technological imperialism is attempting to impose a cyber-fascist coup on humanity in order to colonize humanity,” he continued. “I'm not going to say too much. Maybe I'm giving too little overall benefit to my intervention.”
At another point during the weekend's events, Maduro said He will host the “Great World Anti-Fascist Festival” from January 8 to 10, and will invite “thousands of leaders” on January 10, when he is scheduled to take office in six more countries. said. He secured a one-year term through a sham presidential election on July 28.
The dictator also announced his intention to establish an “anti-fascist training school” in Caracas that would integrate “all training methods” of regimes from countries such as China, Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba and Bolivia.
Socialist dictator, TikTok wannabe.”influencer” and claimed that social media is “the vehicle they use to carry out their actions.”
Maduro himself is an avid user of artificial intelligence tools. Both the dictator and his socialist regime's media outlets used them publicly in 2023.
Last year, President Maduro said,Shira”, the debut of the ongoing weekly TV show, A Companion to Artificial Intelligence With maduro plus. The Dictator's program used an artificial assistant in the form of a young woman with dark skin and curly hair to cover a few hours of pro-regime news.
A few weeks before Maduro's show started, report Socialists in Venezuela are using artificial intelligence to create “deepfake” English-language news reports and push fake pro-regime propaganda on social media, it said. The video was reportedly created using Synthesia, a London-based artificial intelligence company.
Venezuelan non-governmental organizations condemned The content of AI-generated false news reports that reportedly began surfacing around February 2023 was broadcast on public television by Venezuelan state media anchors as if they were from genuine news outlets. ” was broadcast around the same time to promote the report. The international image of socialist regimes.
One of the “deepfake” news anchors featured in a pro-Maduro government fake news story looked like British actor Dan Dewhurst. Dewurst told the technology outlet: digital trends In October, he said he “couldn't believe” his likeness would be used in such a way.
“My stomach dropped. Everything I was worried about happened, but it was a thousand times worse. I'm literally the face of fake news,” he said.
The British actor told media he signed a deal with Synthesia for the use of his likeness in 2021, but he questioned the extensive terms of the contract and contacted his agent and Equity. Dewhurst said he and his lawyer tried unsuccessfully to change the terms of the contract. According to his statement, the company provided him with a policy stating that his likeness could not be used for “illegal or offensive purposes.”
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
