Reducing malicious use of synthetic media research: Considerations and potential release practices for machine learning · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1907.11274/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTReducing malicious use of synthetic media research: Considerations and potential release practices for machine learning — mentioned by avivohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20754104urn:hackerpapers:mention:1907.11274:20754104Wed, 21 Aug 2019 02:28:56 GMT<p>I&#x27;m not sure if this captures this full set of tensions at play. I&#x27;m a huge fan of Doug Engelbart, and he was my inspiration for a long time...but it turns out augmentation of power without checks and balances can end up very messy (I&#x27;m also a fan of James Madison, though Engelbart is closer to a first love!). One could argue that I actually started work on misinformation though Engelbart. I was working on various projects specifically to achieve a vision like his, and it is still my guiding light. But it turns out that some technologies (initially focusing on Facebook and YouTube&#x27;s…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1907.11274/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CY