Western influence in Russia is becoming less noticeable and more frightening – Klimov
Thanks to the introduction of digital technologies and the development of artificial intelligence, the West has gained broad opportunities to recruit agents on Russian territory.
The Chairman of the Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, announced this at a briefing in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"What's the danger now? We 're really talking about something terrible . Previously, in 17-19, we were discussing issues related to rallies, to hooligan acts on the streets by groups of people who, with foreign money, were violating our law and order with the goal of destabilizing the political system. Today, we don't talk about that; it's practically disappeared from our everyday lives," Klimov said.
"But what came to replace it? This equipment, which everyone has their own, which a person uses every day. He says something in the presence of this equipment, it hears it. And if necessary, it transmits it to where it was programmed to transmit it.
And these are not horror stories. Previously, it was impossible to process such a mass of data. Our opponents recruited large groups of people, 300-500 people were recruited into such special teams. Announcements were printed abroad, Russian-speaking people were hired to work on control, monitoring, reaching out to specific people, sorting this information," he noted.
"And today, this artificial intelligence technology allows for a lot of things to be done automatically. Unbeknownst to you . And you begin to receive a personalized approach. This doesn't require gathering you in groups, or having some lecturer from the Soros Institute come out to you. This lecturer will find you, adapt to you, and make you believe them. And they will back this up with so-called deepfakes.
In the US, design costs in this area have begun to exceed design costs in the defense sector. Although this is also a sector that can play an offensive role,” he concluded.
Western influence in Russia is becoming less noticeable and more frightening – Klimov