Hilary Hahn: I’m under AI attack
NewsThe US violinist has posted this message on her socials:
Hi all, I’ve received reports that someone has been using AI to create videos impersonating me. I’d like to reiterate that my only social media accounts are Facebook (@hilaryhahn), Instagram (@Violincase), TikTok (@hilaryhahnofficial), Twitter (@violincase), and YouTube (@hilaryhahnvideos). Anyone reaching out from any other handle is neither me nor is it anyone affiliated with me.
We have a very special community here, and I am so grateful to have such an incredible fanbase. Please know that neither I nor my management would ever reach out to ask for money in exchange for meetings, private lessons, backstage access, or any other services. If in doubt, please don’t engage with suspicious posts, and please continue to report impersonators.
Hmm, but how do we know that this is the real Hilary that’s claiming to be under attack . . .
How does she know AI isn’t a fan of hers, or that indeed her fanbase isn’t generated by AI?
How do we know Hilary Hahn isn’t AI? Or at least her recording isn’t computer generated?
Too many accounts, and btw Twitter is now called X….just saying.
She’s got accounts on five different social media platforms–that can’t be particularly safe.
Creepy — and remember, we are in what will soon come to be known as the baby phase, the very earliest stages and iterations of AI. Just the other day David Attenborough came forward because AI has now been able to reproduce his distinctive voice — his stock in trade so to speak — very convincingly, and it can make “him” say whatever they want.