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Here is the video. It is actually pretty funny. I hate Trump as much as the next lemming, but this really is an obvious parody once you watch the whole video. I think NBC is complaining not because of the parody, but because the fake voice-over is too good and sets a bad precedent. It shows how good the tech is and how it could be used more subtly to create fake news (not that there aren't already many ways to do that).
https://x.com/lacivitac/status/1722390782387089643?s=46&t=a3ohj6oncFjZ8uOAQMEdJg
It's not really that obvious that it's a parody. You're right about the voice-over being too good and it's a very very dangerous precedent.
I'm actually really worried about the complete inability for viewers of media to know what's real and what's fake given how good the tech is. I know not to trust almost anything on the internet, but so many people don't know that.
There's probably a good case for NBC to sue over this.
Exactly. This isn't about hating Trump, it's about a potentially powerful tool becoming basically free, with the potential to ruin the ability to trust our own eyes and ears.
While the wilfully ignorant majority believe everything they see and hear. Which is why it was done in the first place.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Etc.
I laughed, at first, but now I simply feel fear for the future where anything could be a lie. And if everything's a lie, nothing is the truth. Much of the world stands in a terrifying post-truth political reality as AI begins to take off to enable it.
When nothing is true, anything is possible.
I have that same feeling in my gut. I imagine we'll need to create AI to find and counter the AI being used to create the fake news? It feels like an arms race that could escalate quickly.
Truth vs Disinformation in the social media age is a war that will always favor the liar.
Agreed. It's clearly intended to be funny. The fact that people are losing their minds about this and think it should be legally actionable are a) wrong, and b) terrifying me, because this is clearly parody and protected by the first amendment. I hate Trump too, but that doesn't mean we should seek to set legal precedent that limits the ability of people to make fun of the political process. Sheesh. That goes nowhere good.