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It was quite obvious, but this is a noteworthy example of just how much more effective propaganda will become with AI.

These videos are blowing up on Twitter.

I personally found the one about Pete Hegseth quite well made and the song actually catchy.

Edit: Video link courtesy mirashii in this thread - https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116348872322024778

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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.

Invasion?

Ground troops are going to be deployed

That would be a precondition, yes.

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

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

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

You're right and it's not even hyperbole. Big sigh.

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

Care to share the link?

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116348872322024778

This is not a popular war. I would not use it as a milestone.

That Hegseth one is an extraordinary piece of media. It's dense with Hegseth and Epstein lore, the song is catchy, the visuals are a significant cut above the normal AI slop aesthetic.

If this is Iranian state backed propaganda (which seems very likely) it's light years ahead of those White House videos with footage of bombs mixed in with clips from action movies.

The White House seems to have made the mistake of hiring HOI4 modders for their propaganda team.

The Iranian propaganda videos are catchy but also emphasize all the cracks in U.S. society and the weak points of the U.S. leadership. Simultaneously it paints the Iranian regime as the defender not just of Iran, but victims of American aggression broadly. It doesn’t hurt that the White House keeps playing into this with their comments.

The White House comments trivialize mass murder and killing. And it appeals to absolutely nobody but the man boys currently inhabiting the White House.

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