people were worried about deepfakes with AI but instead the propaganda is doing pretty well, and arguably better, when it's not a deepfake but instead silly, catchy, youthful, and is playing up existing beliefs. The invasion is deeply unpopular in the US, and these videos only serve to amp that up.

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some_random 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Deepfakes were never necessary, people have been making incredible propaganda forever though the same few tactics. For instance, presenting footage out of context.

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ted_bunny 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The deepfakes haven't gotten really good yet. Give it a year.

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8note 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

deepfakes have been pre-subverted by having leaders that can't put coherent sentences together, or be trusted when they say literally anything.

A trump deepfake will be just as reliable about trump policy as actually listening to him speak. maybe even more reliable than from the horse's mouth

	▲	ted_bunny 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		You're right and it's not even hyperbole. Big sigh.

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OJFord 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I saw a video of some French politician's speech on Reddit; most commenters were praising the guy's English. It was AI dubbed...

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baggy_trough 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Invasion?

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chaostheory 7 days ago | parent [-]

Ground troops are going to be deployed

	▲	baggy_trough 7 days ago \| parent [-]
		That would be a precondition, yes.