Commentary: Generative AI is enabling new forms of gendered violence online — act now to protect women and girls in Singapore

EdanChaosgamer · 2024-03-13T16:48:09+00:00

The fact that they are being sexist in this article and dont even realise it is disturbing…

Wheekie · 2024-03-13T14:48:17+00:00

This is a fairly long article but here's an intriguing snippet with a concerning statement in bold.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

The malicious use of generative AI can have devastating effects on the lives and reputations of the victims.

In a society like Singapore’s, where social norms and reputational concerns hold significant sway, being falsely depicted in sexually compromising or exploitative situations can lead to severe consequences, including ostracisation, job loss, and psychological trauma.

Victims of AI-generated fabrications such as these may find themselves grappling with long-term repercussions of having their identities maladapted and misrepresented in digital spaces.

Beyond that, the continued creation and spread of fabricated images that sexualise women and girls — often in violent ways — also perpetuate harmful stereotypes and reinforce gender-based discrimination.

These are acute concerns for Singaporean youths, according to the Safeguarding Online Spaces (SOS) Study released on Feb 8 by the non-profit SG Her Empowerment and the youth organisation Global Shapers Community.

The study found that female youth were significantly more worried than their male peers about image-based sexual abuse, with 57 per cent of female youths expressing concern compared to 39 per cent of male youths.

The top three harms of AI-altered or generated images that Singaporean youths, both male and female, are concerned about also reflect shared anxieties about generative AI abuses: Misrepresentation of faces and bodies from the use of filters (55 per cent), sexualisation and objectification of girls and women (54 per cent), creation and sharing of AI-altered or generated images of a person without their consent (52 per cent).

I remember the deepfake of President Zelenskyy some time ago urging Ukrainian troops to surrender and follow up videos stating that the video was fake and not to be trusted. However, this was still very much a malicious use of AI affecting a male figure and I feel that it is discriminatory that such protections aren't provided for men. Furthermore, I find it concerning that the percentage of male youths expressing concern to be considerably less than female youths, despite the equally damaging effects of malicious AI. This might indicate a deeper societal issue which is beyond the scope of this article. While it may be focusing on Singapore, I am absolutely certain that such issues elsewhere in the world run rampant, perhaps even more so.

HelpfulViolinist3562 · 2024-03-13T23:41:38+00:00

It will get to the point where nothing can be trusted on the Internet, a picture might be worth a thousand words but if the picture is fake then that would make them lies. I do find it interesting that they took down the fake ai porn of Taylor Swift in the blink of an eye, yet parade John Cena around naked at the Oscars for a sight gag. The fake thing that offended Daddy's little Satanist that was obviously fake and could be easily proven as such. Scrubbed from the Internet, yet everywhere I see people laughing at poor John. The double standard of the elite is laughable. We must remember if we eat the rich it must be all of them, not just the ones we don't like. Bones and all.

Title	Commentary: Generative AI is enabling new forms of gendered violence online — act now to protect women and girls in Singapore
Author	Wheekie
Upvotes	42
Comments	5
Date	March 13, 2024 2:44 PM UTC (2 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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