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Republicans use deepfake video of Chuck Schumer in new attack ad
- adamredwoods 1y ago>> Yet rather than simply quote Schumer’s words, the NRSC, the campaign arm responsible for electing Republican senators and chaired by Tim Scott, a South Carolina senator, chose to manufacture synthetic video of him speaking. Democracy is lost to lies.
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- yoyohello13 1y agoWhat a coincidence, they say the same thing about the left! Child sacrifice is at least something we can all agree on.
- PakG1 1y agoI can't tell if this is sarcasm/satire to make the point about the problem of today's information environment or not.
- itsme0000 1y agoI’m basically saying the lying is going one way because equally absurd claims by the left are suppressed as crazy, but only because they aren’t allowed to become as ubiquitous as crazy right wing claims. Left wing people suppose it’s a free speech issue, but it’s just the normalization of criminal behavior. I can accuse the government of anything and they can’t respond, but the Republicans will always they can retaliate against lies. If I said about a CEO what they said about FEMA employees I’d go to jail.
- PakG1 1y agoIf you can't acknowledge that the two sides both accuse each other of the exact same behaviour, you're in an echo chamber.
- itsme0000 1y agoNo you just have an opinion. If you believe two contradictory things you’re just lying to yourself. Left wing people comprise 90% of the population of Earth. They just don’t owe media outlets. I don’t know a single Republican and it’s like they are hiding their views all the time in shame.
- PakG1 1y agoI'm not sure what to say to you. If left wing people comprised 90% of the earth's population, we wouldn't see right wing governments anywhere. It just wouldn't happen. Republicans are certainly not hiding their views in shame, especially right now. In fact, they're winning. They have no reason to hide in shame. Here's a good example of what I mean by them mimicking each other. This issue of gun shootings in the US is really fascinating if you look at it from far far away with no emotional tie to the subject (which is hard to do for many people, including me). When Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were assassinated by gunshots in their home a few months ago, many right wingers seemed indifferent and some right wingers were even condescending and insulting. Meanwhile, left wingers were correctly very upset. They accused the right wing of condoning and applauding gun violence and assassination instead of peaceful dialogue. At least, that's what I saw on social media. Now we have the other side when social activist Charlie Kirk got assassinated by gunshot. It's a mirror image. Many left wingers seem indifferent and some left wingers are even condescending and insulting. Meanwhile, right wingers are correctly very upset. They accuse the left wing of condoning and applauding gun violence and assassination instead of peaceful dialogue. At least, that's what I saw on social media. I see the right wing accusing Antifa and other groups of being domestic terrorists without acknowledging their own side's problems. I see the left wing accusing Proud Boys and other groups of being domestic terrorists without acknowledging their own side's problems. The two sides just like to point fingers at the other side over and over again. Just a ton of whataboutisms. This is probably the biggest symptom that makes overt their polarization. They don't share the same perceived reality. If you can't agree with that, then we're just another example that don't share a perceived reality. People need to be able to ask themselves, "What if I'm wrong?" People don't do that anymore. I'm trying to though. I hope you do too.
- hodgehog11 1y agoDoes this count as slander or libel at some point? Surely it must if they produce fake material to give off a false impression of the subject. Maybe not this case, but we must be getting there.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoProbably not at this point, because he actually said it. I mean, it still could be - if the video shows him in a compromising position, if it shows him with a sneer that wasn't how he actually said it, or something else that makes it more negative than just the words. I mean, look, it's still a lie, because it's pretending to be a video of him saying it, and it's not. But it's probably not slander or libel... at this point.
- Natsu 1y agoIt'd have to make a false statement of fact. The problem with that is, according to the article, Schumer actually did say the words and the video has a disclaimer that it's AI, though it could be more visible since it seems to get partially hidden by video controls. From the article: > A small disclaimer tucked in the corner acknowledges its artificial origins. ... > The video has bewildered those who watched it online, given that the quote itself is real and on the record for Punchbowl News. In the original interview, Schumer explained that Democrats had prepared their healthcare-focused shutdown strategy well in advance, adding: “Their whole theory was – threaten us, bamboozle us and we would submit in a day or two.” The part that's false here, the idea that it's a real video, would be hurt by the disclaimer of it being AI generated in the corner. And it's not a misquote of him, so it seems hard to make a defamation case out of this, even if it feels wrong.
- Timshel 1y agoI wonder if a better angle would be just the unauthorized used of likeness. Here it's for actors https://apnews.com/article/california-hollywood-actors-ai-protections-artificial-intelligence-d3d53135ee76849c2da1388efcfc8975 https://apnews.com/article/california-hollywood-actors-ai-pr... but probably shoukd apply to everyone.
- tehjoker 1y agoWow that's really devious. My first question was beyond the outrage, was the video good? It did really look like Chuck was sneering at the people and the cut was so quick I didn't know the difference. I looked more closely, and when the video on Twitter was not fullscreen, the video controls blocked the part that said "AI Generated". I had to really look closely to notice that.
- nine_zeros 1y agoThe entire platform of republicans have been devious misinformation. Constant lying, every single day. For the inevitable downvoters - explain your support of lies instead of downvoting.
- aaronbrethorst 1y agoThe term is ratfucking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking
- libraryatnight 1y agoI'm not a republican or a supporter, but my experience with your request is "But what about...?" Usually something robbed of context, not relevant, or blatantly made up and they don't care. For instance when the GOP Nazi group chat came out, some asked why "The Left" wasn't writing similar articles about people who disrespected Charlie Kirk's death. Malicious bad faith at worst and short sighted ignorance at best.
- nine_zeros 1y agoYep. The bad faith argument is completely normalized by them. It's liar-town. Untrustworthy people.
- _DeadFred_ 1y agoThis is a propaganda tool used to manipulate a populace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror
- nxobject 1y agoI guess we've transitioned from speculating about no longer trusting video - or not thinking too deeply about veracity - to having to deal with it.
- dsamarin 1y agoI'm glad they used a real quote from him and acknowledged the use of AI in the bottom right.
- ares623 1y agoI think this is okay. Yesterday I wrote 10 pages of documentation and opened 15 PRs in under 4 hours. Spent the rest of the day watching YouTube. My boss said I'm a very good worker and gives me pizza every week. They promised I'll be employed until I retire. IMO, the trade-offs are worth it.
- oulipo2 1y agoWell I get that you're being sarcastic, but no, fucking up the democracy is not okay
- oulipo2 1y agoIn the same vein, is everyone's feed on Facebook and Insta full of weird pedophile AI-generated videos of seemingly ultra young girls in swimsuit moving lascively, and then the next video is some kind of AI slop of a fake "outrage scene" in some random fastfood where a fat guy is screaming at the waiter... those seem to be generated just to cause more hatred and pain to people
- ares623 1y agoSex, hate, and anger are the currencies of the modern web.
- estimator7292 1y ago> those seem to be generated just to cause more hatred and pain to people That is correct. That is the intent.
- Gigachad 1y agoWe are going to end up in a two tiered society with people who quit social media, and those who bought the Meta glasses and sit in a wall-e style chair being fed an endless slop outrage feed.