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Even when politicians pretend to be speaking the truth, there is little veracity to their statements and little follow-up or follow-through. So having an AI or
by dtagames 1y ago
Even when politicians pretend to be speaking the truth, there is little veracity to their statements and little follow-up or follow-through. So having an AI or deepfake video do that for them seems like a natural next step.
If none of it is real, does it matter how it was made? Witness the massive announcements which are revoked, then reinstated, then revoked again. We are in another post-truth era in history. Myanmar used to cut newspaper articles out with scissors to censor them before delivering papers to foreigners. All propaganda is just that.
- techpineapple 1y agoIt does if they’re trying to hide physical/mental decline.
- jollyllama 1y agoThis is exactly what many said during the Biden years and it was discounted as fringe conspiracy theories.
- techpineapple 1y agoAnd it turned out to be true? They were wrong? I'm just saying if you were using AI in an attempt to distract from the fact that the president was not available, that would be a different thing from using AI to maximize the presidents message. So I'm not sure what your point is.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoDiscounted by who? His PR staff?
- lawn 1y agoEveryone knows that Biden and Trump are held to different standards. Not even being a pedophile or sex trafficker would harm Trumps support in any meaningful way.
- malfist 1y agoLike if they, say, had a stroke?