7 HORRIFYING new AI technologies: Number 5 will give you the creeps

May 22, 2023

It’s no secret that Glenn has a less-than-optimistic view of emerging AI and when you look at the horrifying new technologies that utilize the power of AI it’s hard not to agree.

Here’s a look at 7 new AI technologies that will HORRIFY you:

AI Brainwave Monitoring

Earlier this year during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, Nita Robinson, a professor of law and philosophy at Duke, presented a video that depicted a “hypothetical” situation where a person's brainwaves are monitored by their earbuds, which have the ability to record brainwaves, decode them with AI, and then send brain reports to their boss and are accessible by government agencies. When the video ends, Robinson makes the terrifying announcement that this AI technology already exists! It's just a matter of time before it's implemented.

If you want to learn more about Brainwave tracking and the WEF, you can watch this clip from the Glenn Beck Program.

AI Voice Cloning

Last month, Glenn covered a terrifying story involving a scammer who created an AI clone of a child's voice in order to scam money out of her terrified parents. While this might sound advanced, a quick Google search reveals that this technology is remarkably accessible and is easily able to replicate the voice of anyone. Imagine the havoc that could be inflicted on your life with an AI clone of your voice.

AI Mind Reader

Left shows stories read to user and right shows what the AI was able to decode from users brain activity

Image credit: University of Texas at Austin

Like something out of Star Trek, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin developed a new AI that is able to decode brain activity and produce a transcript of a person's thoughts with reasonable accuracy, all without the need for implants or other invasive measures. While the researchers assure us that the technology has major limitations, including the need to train this AI extensively on each subject's brain, it’s only a matter of time before the AI is able to overcome these limitations, and it may be sooner than we would like…

Snapchat's new AI “Friend”

Image of My AI's contact on Snapchat

Snapchat

In April the popular social media messaging app Snapchat released a controversial new feature known as “My AI”—an AI chatbot powered by ChatGPT. The new feature acts much like other chatbots. It can answer questions, converse with the user, and offer recommendations. However, unlike other chatbots, it is integrated in such a way that it can be difficult to distinguish from a human user, complete with a customizable avatar and name. Many parents are worried that the friendly appearance of “My AI” will make it hard for their teens to differentiate the bot from a real human. Moreover, the only way to remove the bot is by paying for Snapchat’s premium service, giving parents little recourse for protecting their children.

AI "Big Brother"

In a recent TED talk, former Apple Designer Imran Chaudhri introduced the concept for a new wearable AI device connected to a camera and microphone, enabling the AI to hear and see everything you do. Chaudhri assures us that the device is “privacy-first and safe,” but how safe would you feel with an all-seeing AI accompanying you all day every day?

AI Meddling with Elections

AI generated image of Trump's arrest

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One terrifying potential use for AI could be meddling with elections. The last few years have seen a decline in faith in our elections, and the emergence of AI will only serve to muddy the waters. As previously mentioned, AI voice clones are here and have been proven to have the ability to create compelling facsimiles of political figures. Combined with AI image technology the threat of an AI-generated scandal is high.

If you want to learn more about AI interference with elections you can watch this clip from the Glenn Beck Program.

AI Dating

Another disturbing development is the creation of “Dating AIs”—AI chatbots designed as a replacement for a boyfriend or girlfriend. There is already a variety of options available with prices ranging from free all the way up to $1 a minute, like some sort of dystopian "call girl." There are already reports of people developing genuine emotional attachments to these bots and others who have married or have tried to marry their artificial lovers.

Yes, Republicans ARE weird, and that's a GOOD thing

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Ever since Kamala Harris has become Biden's de facto replacement, mainstream media and Democrats alike suddenly jumped onto a simple yet effective new attack against the Right: they've started calling us "weird." This simple word has gained traction so rapidly among left-wing pundits and politicians alike that Glenn said he suspects some behind-the-scene coordination is in play.

The strange appearance of the word "weird" can be traced back to an MSNBC interview last week with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who called Trump and Vance "weird." The saying gained popularity when the Democratic Governors Association posted the following image on X after the interview:

Exactly right. pic.twitter.com/Y7UYjSyy7o
— Democratic Governors (@DemGovs) July 24, 2024

Why is this "weird" attack so effective? As Glenn pointed out on air recently, it's difficult for Republicans to respond to such a claim without sounding like "the schoolmarm." When Democrats call Republicans weird, the knee-jerk reaction is to play by their new rules: to point out the Left's "weirdness" in response. While this is certainly a fair reaction—and a warranted one—if you respond this way, you have taken the bait. As Glenn pointed out, "The happy warrior wins." All the Left has to do is keep their cool and say, "See, look how weird they are!"

The reason this strategy is so effective is because in essence, the Left is correct, and the Right is weird—if you look at it the right way.

Weird is a relative term—weird compared to what? Compared to today's culture of identity politics, gender-affirming care for minors, drag queen blasphemy at the Olympics, and embracing Marxism? If that is the standard of "normal," then yes, conservatives are very strange indeed. For years, the Right has defined itself by opposition to the mainstream media, Hollywood, elitists, and other such trendsetters. Apparently, the Left is only just beginning to catch on. If refusing to participate in such "thrilling" events like "White Women for Kamala" or "White Dudes for Harris" makes you weird, then maybe it's better to be weird.

Don't fall for this playground bully tactic. There are more important things to worry about. The election is far from won, and we have to choose between a president who is "weird" when compared to the Left's standard of normalcy and a president who will take America further down the radically progressive road that has nearly destroyed this country over the past four years. This November, the choice is yours.

Newcomer to art? Join Glenn Beck for a world-class art show celebrating the American heritage

Glenn is inviting you for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of our American heritage--through art.

You know Glenn as the Radio Hall Of Fame-winning host of the Glenn Beck Program. Since 2020, Glenn has been making his mark as a fine artist, curating pieces that highlight the Western and American heritage. Now, Glenn is hosting a new national art show featuring 100 works of art created by himself and 30 elite artists, featuring the beauty of America's history and landscapes.

The vision for the art show began at Glenn’s Idaho ranch in July 2022, when he and a select group of artists gathered to explore how to create art with a pure motive to inspire that is more inclusive and accessible to newcomers in the art market while also still appealing to seasoned patrons and collectors. Thus the inspiration behind “American Narratives in Fine Art” was born.

Glenn and the participating artists of this exhibition aspire to unite people through art and celebrate cherished American values in a time of increasing division. Artist Josh Clare said, “It is a new concept for an art show. We are exercising faith to participate, but nothing beautiful happens without a leap of faith.”

As a self-taught historian, Glenn has amassed a valuable and vast collection of national historic artifacts, and he offered this collection to the artists to use as inspiration to create art for this show. Artifacts used by the artists will be displayed with the art to create an interactive and unique presentation of illustrative American storytelling.

You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind celebration of our American heritage in this world-class art event on September 20-21, 2024. Click HERE to buy tickets and learn more, and stay tuned for content highlighting the participating artists.

These 3 things PROVE Kamala Harris is a radical leftist

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Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be the apparent democratic nominee (for now), and despite her image over the past four years as Biden's cackling sidekick, her reputation is no laughing matter. If elected, Kamala would be the most far-left, progressive America has ever seen. Glenn discussed on his radio show just how extreme Kamala's track record is, highlighting some of the most radical things she has said and supported. While she may try to pass herself off as moderate, here are three things from Kamala's past that PROVE that she is a radical leftist:

1. Her stance on the environment

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When Kamala was in the Senate she openly stated that in the name of stopping climate change, she was in support of a total ban on fracking. This would mean a complete halt on one of the most important pillars of America's energy sector and a collapse of the U.S. economy. Not to mention we would become completely dependent on foreign powers, such as Russia and the Middle East for oil and wouldn't address oil consumption, only make oil and gas even more expensive for everyday Americans.

Kamala was also among the eleven most progressive Senators who endorsed the Green New Deal, which aimed to combine radical climate protection with wide-sweeping socialist reforms. This is one of the most radical pieces of legislation to ever be proposed in America and would completely rewrite the entire country from the ground up.

2. Her economic theory

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Kamala's economic theory seems to be "it's easy to spend other people's money," as demonstrated by her Senate track record. In 2019, Harris introduced the "Housing is Infrastructure Act" which proposed to spend $100 BILLION on housing projects, $70 billion of which would be on government-owned housing units.

During her 2020 presidential bid, Kamala openly supported debt-free college. This followed her support for Senator Bernie Sanders's plan to make college tuition-free for low and mid-income families. Even Bernie Sanders admitted that this plan would cost the tax-payers $48 billion a year (keep in mind that's 48 billion pre-pandemic, 2017 dollars), which by all accounts was a low-ball estimate.

Speaking of the pandemic, Kamala's response was just about as extreme as it gets. She proposed a $2,000-a-month allowance for every U.S. citizen during the pandemic. Kamala also introduced a bill that would have capped price increases during the pandemic at 10 percent, which would have caused crippling shortages across the country should it have passed. Kamala's short-sighted economic vision would spell disaster for America should she be elected.

3. Her encouragement of lawlessness

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Possibly most shocking, Kamala worked to free violent criminals and rioters in the wake of the George Floyd "mostly peaceful protests" of 2020. In June 2020, Kamala tweeted a fundraising call for the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a non-profit organization that was created to bail out rioters who were arrested. Approximately $41 million was collected and used to bail out rioters who wreaked havoc on American cities. But even more disturbing is the fact that large portions of the funds were used to bail out violent suspects that bore no connection to the riots. One of these people, a man by the name of George Howard, who had a violent track record, was bailed out using this fund money and quickly went on to gun down Luis Martinez Ortiz in a road rage incident.

Kamala's tweet of endorsement is still up, and she has never commented on the incident. If the lawlessness of the summer of 2020 is a vision of justice that Kamala can get behind, America will not survive a Harris presidency.

These 2 leftist bills will REVERSE Trump's immunity and EMPOWER faceless bureaucrats

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The Democrats in Congress have been trying to slip a few dangerous bills under our noses, and Biden and Kamala Harris came out today publicly backing their efforts. These bills are aimed at undoing two landmark Supreme Court cases that significantly reduced the power of the federal government: Trump v. United States and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Here's a brief summary of each of these cases:

Trump v. United States

This case granted presidents immunity from criminal prosecution of official acts in office. This pumped the breaks on the onslaught of lawfare against former president Trump, putting an end to the left's persecution of their political opponent. This ruling also got Trump out of the classified documents case in Florida and has the potential to get his 34 convictions in Manhattan overturned.

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

This case overturned the longstanding Chevron deference, which has historically empowered federal agencies to make and enforce regulations that aren't explicitly made clear in statutory law. The Chevron deference was first articulated in the 1984 Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council,which required courts to defer to the appropriate federal authority when an ambiguous regulation comes under question. This gave the federal bureaucracy far too much regulatory power and greatly expanded the influence of the administrative state. Fortunately, the Supreme Court overturned this doctrine earlier this month, returning power to lower courts.

Long story short...

Over the summer, the Supreme Court dramatically reduced the power of the Federal government and practically dismantled the administrative state. Naturally, the Left was angry.

Last Wednesday, Democratic Congressman Joseph Morelle proposed a new Constitutional Amendment that would reverse the ruling of Trump v. United States. The proposed amendment would prohibit a president from pardoning themselves and remove "immunity from criminal prosecution for an act on the grounds that such act was within the constitutional authority or official duties of an individual." This amendment has been endorsed by President Biden, who has also called for dramatic changes to the Supreme Court, well overstepping his presidential bounds. Biden wants term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for the high court, which would destroy the delicate system of checks and balances created by our founders. It is clear that the objective behind this unconstitutional escapade is the destruction of Donald Trump, no matter the cost.

Additionally, the Democrats have just introduced a bill into the Senate that would codify the Chevron deference into law, restoring the power of the regulatory federal agencies. Sponsored by Elizabeth Warren and 10 other Democrats, the Stop Corporate Capture Act seeks to take the power to interpret regulations from the lower courts and give it back to the federal government. This is all in line with the progressives' larger goal to centralize power and keep Americans poor and reliant on the government.

The progressives have taken a major blow this summer, their authoritarian grip has been loosened, and they are desperately trying to gain it back. While neither of these bills is likely to pass, it shows that we have to keep up the fight. This election is FAR from won, and it is more important now than ever to take to the polls and vote!

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