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Then again with AI videos now, it's not worth much..
I sincerely doubt that anyone lying for the conservative party has the wherewithal to create a convincing AI video of Mitch McConnell.
Thinking about; no it shouldn't be that difficult to create an AI video of a man with 1000's of hours in footage of him publically available. I still don't think this admin could pull it off.
I'll take " things that are simultaneously terrifying and reassuring" for 200, Alex
Sorry, it wasn't my intent to do either — I am anticipating their usage of AI for something; I just don't see it being something like this. These circumstances are much more easily obfuscated through things like HIPAA/ privacy demands/ his wife leaving for China while having power of attorney (if there isn't a foreign espionage case there I don't know what to say). Why risk a spurring on a legitimate conversation by falsifying easily disproved evidence? Why not wait and try to do that as like some last ditch effort to wring a couple more days out?
I would be more suspicious of pictures or edited videos on other topics. Like, unironically some Stalin-esque 'delete people from pictures' stuff. Not necessarily on the same level as Stalin, I don't think it's possible to totally delete people from the current information ecosystem. I do think it's absolutely possible to take real govt footage, like the footage from aircraft thermal optics, edit that a little bit; boom, aliens. Or say, real pictures of Epstein and the other pedophile elite; seems like a good way to legitimize Trump while demonizing his enemies.
Fair (and well articulated) point..
Curious to hear your opinion, what do you think their end game is with pretending that McConnell isn't dead?