Mike Benz: AI Censorship, 2024 Elections, & The Future of Democracy.

Publicado 2023-07-31
Mike Benz is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and former State Department diplomat.

In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into the world of AI censorship and its impact on the internet and society. From the rise of tech giants to the spread of misinformation and disinformation, we explore critical moments that shaped the digital landscape, including the 2016 election. Join us as we analyze the role of AI in politics, elections, and potential conflicts, and raise essential questions about the future of information control in an AI-driven world.

Michael A. Benz, is Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online. Benz founded FFO as a civil society institution building on his experience in the role of championing digital freedom around the world in the public sector. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Technology at the US State Department from Fall 2020 through January 2021. Prior to this, Mike served as a White House speechwriter for President Trump and advised on tech matters. Before that, he served as speechwriter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson and was a policy adviser on economic development. Before his roles in the public sector, he practiced business law for seven years as an attorney in New York, primarily representing technology companies and financial firms.

Learn more about Mike Benz's work: foundationforfreedomonline.com

Highlights
00:00 Into
01:58 Mike’s Trajectory
04:40 Tech Companies & Censorship
07:30 Difference between Misinformation & Disinformation
09:52 2016 - The Year Everything Changed on the Internet
15:50 Did Trump Win The Election Because of Russian Internet Bots?
25:02 How to Identify Bot Accounts.
31:07 The Threat of Censorship Using Artificial Intelligence.
38:30 What Information Is Fed to The AI Programs?
43:47 Has AI reached perfection?
49:10 Will AI become the new nuclear weapon?
54:10 Will AI Ignite a War Between Elon Musk and The US Government?
1:03:40 The Implications of AI Censorship during the 2024 Presidential Election.

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @bobbeckel5266
    I am very grateful to Mike Benz for finding ways to circumvent the Youtube Gestapo.
  • @DAs-uc6pm
    He eloquently sums up precisely what is going on in the world.
  • @JPMadden07
    Not that I would know because this is my first time on this channel, but bravo to the host. Conducting an interview in a non-primary language must be incredibly difficult. Huge applause
  • @starblazer64
    I just saw him speaking with Tucker Carlson on TCN tonight. I knew there was some smoke n mirrors in 2020 but WOW!!!
  • @mattd624
    That word “democracy”…let’s not forget how deceptive it can be. The reality is that democracy is not how the United States became great. If it was the form of government that did this, you should reckon with the fact that it is a constitutional republic where the constitution is an extension of the Declaration of Independence which acknowledges at the very first that we have a Creator, and all humans are created by this Creator as equal, having the right to life and liberty and the pursuit of property and happiness. This is not an optional law given by man. This is unaltered Law given by God, which is found in the book of Genesis. The founders of this nation were not simply coming up with their own ideas for law. They were doing absolute diligence to recognize the laws of the Creator. They didn’t get everything perfect, for what man can get it perfect? But they forged a path to freedom, paying a dear price to do it. We the People are responsible to hold the people in Washington DC accountable. We can’t wait for others to do it! Use your voice! Use any power you have for good! Do not let this evil group of rich bankers take your freedom away! And ultimate freedom is only found in Christ. When I die, I know where my new home will be. My hope is secured and can never be thwarted. Christ raised himself from death to life, therefore He can raise you and me as each of us puts his or her trust in Him!
  • @tonics7121
    I am so aware that it's there. Almost looking over my shoulder. Spooky, creepy, infuriating.
  • @jefft6038
    This is scary af. But Benz has closed the gap for me on what was happening in 2017 on. I witnessed this personally on my Twitter account and knew something was happening. What he is detailing is the antithesis of democracy and implementation of technocratic authoritarianism.
  • @davidlanham99
    I knew this. About 2 years into Trump's term I started getting swarmed by people calling me "Yuri" and "comrade", asking me how the weather was in Moscow, pretending I was a Russian stooge. I'm a US truck driver. I would tell them that, they would say "surrrrrrre you are ;) ;) wink wink" and all that stupid shht. They knew how to jump on a comment section, say to me "that's not true", and then somehow set the site to where I could not reply to them, making it look as if I had no response. They were too professional and numerous for it to NOT have been a government operation. After a year or so, after they were done sliming Trump with accusations of being a Putin puppet with "fake" supporters online, they all disappeared. Btw, I had been busy calling the events against Trump a "coup in broad daylight" as LOUDLY as I could, which was true. They consistently came after my posts, they were always there in multiple numbers to very professionally undermine every single comment I made, so if you saw my comments, you would 2 or 3 other people calling me a liar, a fool, or a professional stooge for Putin, a Russian pretending to be an American.
  • @simonsaphire
    Crazy how YouTube gets him 6.8k views in 6 months but on Twitter the same message via Tucker hits 30 million in less than a day. A bit of 'friction' being applied here Zuck?
  • @jjones2582
    Imagine how much nicer Social Media would be across the board if companies weren't allowed to participate, and "buying verified accounts" wasn't allowed.
  • @terrylynn7396
    ❤all ur knowledge!!! Thanx 4 sharing!! U sound just like James Okeefe!!❤OMG!
  • @bluewaters8960
    Several links to this video went viral on X and commanded hundreds of thousands of views between them. Yet the video itself shows no additional views over the last week to match the sharing. Certainly not the number that reposted and light and interacted with in other ways on X. Can you confirm that your internal reports show the same number of views that the external counter is showing?
  • @speedysteve9121
    They say that life imitates art, but who'd ever guess that the art would be cheesy science fiction?
  • @imperfectious
    At the risk of pointing out the obvious, I'm constantly reminded of The Butlerian Jihad these says.
  • @mztech1925
    The power of RICO lies in its conspiracy provision, based on an enterprise rationale, that allows tying together apparently unrelated crimes with a common objective into a prosecutable pattern of racketeering.
  • ...and because of these agencies we have the war in ukraine, among other things...