DeSantis ad uses fake AI images of Trump hugging and kissing Fauci, experts say
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Trolls be trolling
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I also find this quote humorous: “As some people pointed out, Trump's hair looks unnatural in the images”. Did his hair EVER look natural???
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I also find this quote humorous: “As some people pointed out, Trump's hair looks unnatural in the images”. Did his hair EVER look natural???
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"We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way"
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way"
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There’s no point in pointing out that an AI-generated photo isn’t real when it’s targeting people who don’t believe in reality.
I’m not sure what the solution here is.
I’m not sure what the solution here is.
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Why can't DeSantis be hit with some kind of false representation/damage to reputation lawsuit?
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Damn, I hate being right.
With any luck, this will fall under the libel statutes and the people behind it will be prosecuted. And maybe it will stir up the idjits in DC enough that they start passing some serious laws about image rights and privacy. And while I'm at it, I'd like an ice cream cone, please.
With any luck, this will fall under the libel statutes and the people behind it will be prosecuted. And maybe it will stir up the idjits in DC enough that they start passing some serious laws about image rights and privacy. And while I'm at it, I'd like an ice cream cone, please.
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Shocked is no one.
Remember that MSFT guy that said there hasn't been any real harm done yet? We shouldn't change the status quo until someone dies? (And yet people have already have had their jobs displaced by it. There was an article on NPR recently about copywriters having lost their jobs due to chatGPT. The AI generated artwork used for a commercial re release of Duke Nukem).
Sigh....
Remember that MSFT guy that said there hasn't been any real harm done yet? We shouldn't change the status quo until someone dies? (And yet people have already have had their jobs displaced by it. There was an article on NPR recently about copywriters having lost their jobs due to chatGPT. The AI generated artwork used for a commercial re release of Duke Nukem).
Sigh....
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Captain Trips
Smack-Fu Master, in training
How can you tell a DeSantis (or Trump for that matter) ad is lying? You hear voices from the ad and see pictures & video in the ad.
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Yeah not really stoked on having a Trumps hair x Will Smith eats spaghetti collaborative moment.
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We have politicians using fake stills in their official campaign videos.
WTF.
These are the people who want to have the responsibility of running the country based on being reasonable, rational, and acting with integrity. I would say that this is little different than someone lying on their resume to get a job, but then again, Santos still has a job, so...... Yeah. Best of luck, humanity.
WTF.
These are the people who want to have the responsibility of running the country based on being reasonable, rational, and acting with integrity. I would say that this is little different than someone lying on their resume to get a job, but then again, Santos still has a job, so...... Yeah. Best of luck, humanity.
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Additionally, experts critically examining freeze frames is not remotely the same context as 2-3 seconds of visibility undergirded by ominous VO.
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This is why reputation matters. Republicans should be assumed to be lying until thoroughly verified, even if the images aren't AI-generated.
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Next, the inevitable "As the candidate, the buck stops here for any campaign misdeeds, and that's why I took it upon myself to fire the mysterious junior rogue staffer who did this"
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The Terminator was dead wrong about how AI would rule over us.
The WGA's extreme position on "No AI in the creative process" is radical, and increasingly more sound and ethical, but that's not here or there. Scoundrels and trolls will find other ways.
That said, again, going back to drip pope: Even a second thinking its real or doubting its reality from the gate means we've accepted a new low for real, and the impacts will be felt long before any correction comes. If we don't agree to norms and stick to them, a Butlerlian Jihad will seem the only respite from what's coming.
Yes, I'm asking a lot of immoral people.
The WGA's extreme position on "No AI in the creative process" is radical, and increasingly more sound and ethical, but that's not here or there. Scoundrels and trolls will find other ways.
That said, again, going back to drip pope: Even a second thinking its real or doubting its reality from the gate means we've accepted a new low for real, and the impacts will be felt long before any correction comes. If we don't agree to norms and stick to them, a Butlerlian Jihad will seem the only respite from what's coming.
Yes, I'm asking a lot of immoral people.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
I only wish this had happened to someone more capable of challenging this in court if it breaches a campaign law, just to set some ground rules going into this fucking stump grinder of a general election.
I only wish this had happened to someone more capable of challenging this in court if it breaches a campaign law, just to set some ground rules going into this fucking stump grinder of a general election.
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In a sane world, Trump being on friendly terms with Dr Fauci would be something to his credit.
How awful things are that enough of the US-Republican base would view this connection as a negative.
How awful things are that enough of the US-Republican base would view this connection as a negative.
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Was gonna say. Unless anyone has ever made piss-flavored cotton candy on a dare or something, there's nothing natural going on there even in meatspace.
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Fancy Internet Person
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It's not plausible, but it's telling that that's what makes an attack ad.
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Fancy Internet Person
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That's not what their campaigns are based on.
This isn't a hot take or an attempt at humor.
This is an attempt to communicate with you. They are not campaigning on competence, rationality, reason, etc...
They are campaigning to run the country as a death cult.
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Damn it! I was coming in to make the exact same crack about that line, and was beaten in the first comment!
I'd point and laugh at two Republicans trying to kneecap each other with this sort of dirty trick, but this is 100% just the warm up for what they plan on doing in the general election.
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"Images have strange hair, garbled text, and unnatural body parts"
Please continue to elaborate on how it perfectly encapsulated all facets of Trump.
Please continue to elaborate on how it perfectly encapsulated all facets of Trump.
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It's the WWF-ification of American politics. It's all kayfabe for these people. Whether it's true or not, it metaphorically expresses a narrative and an emotional truth, and those are really all that matter. Trump has been, for the last decade or so, the greatest heel in American politics wrestling. Now that his career is ending, a new, badder heel has to suplex him into the mat and take his belt, so the narrative has to change.
Personally, I want Andre the Giant to just pick all of them up, repeatedly slam them into the ground as hard as possible, and then rip a fart on DeSantis' head that lasts longer than the disclaimers in a prescription drug ad. Draw your own conclusions whether I mean that metaphorically or not.
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This, but, sadly, my friendly rider of fate, we are in the minority. These images will resonate with the people to which the Republicans have denied education for decades.
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the first pic (top left corner) is super creepy. it looks like he has a mouth on his head.
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