Why AI-generated slopaganda works

(machinesociety.ai)

16 points | by mikelgan 1 hour ago

6 comments

  • k310 15 minutes ago
    The "Emperor's new propaganda" (entirely done by others and passed along) is the "projection" of many persons' secret fantasies and also their need to blame others (which he does relentlessly for anyone not himself) for their own weaknesses, fears and failures.

    It's a complete con job, but primed 24 by 7 by 365 by media lies and distortions. It's a very closed circle, like a cult.

    The con? To get people to act in their own worst interests (You wanted war and tariffs?) by playing on their weaknesses. Illustrated [0] at imgbb.com

    [0] https://i.ibb.co/JtSWj63/Voterep-1.jpg

  • blini-kot 59 minutes ago
    not much substance in the article, sadly. There really needs to be some solid evidence on the mechanism and causes - which would be very interesting and a great opportunity for a follow-up.
  • fennecfoxy 1 hour ago
    Eh people don't care if something is true or false they care about the dopamine hit they get from engaging in tribal behaviours that reinforce their freaky belief systems that often aren't rooted in any kind of reality.

    Humans are animals. We are!

    • dsego 59 minutes ago
      I think this type of generated content has the same role as illustrations or newspaper caricatures in the past. It doesn't need to be true, it just needs to express a particular viewpoint.
    • reactordev 1 hour ago
      Ahhh behavioral science…
  • josefritzishere 53 minutes ago
    the word "propaganda" implies there is a strategy at play. He does not have a strategy. He has advanced dementia and cognitive decline.
  • mikelgan 1 hour ago
    The fact that AI can create convincing fakes is not why it’s such a powerful tool of disinformation. Other attributes matter more.
  • simianwords 1 hour ago
    I'm sorry to dismiss but this this is low quality.

    does anyone really believe this?

    > AI-generated faces and deepfakes are rated more trustworthy than human faces.

    This is reddit tier slop science.

    • spenvo 59 minutes ago
      He isn't proclaiming that, he linked to this study https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1135087 led by Alexis McGuire with Paul Taylor and Sophie Nightingale from Lancaster University, Maty Bohacek from Stanford University and Hany Farid from the University of California, Berkeley - peer reviewed.

      Your comment lacks context.

      • simianwords 12 minutes ago
        lol you have no idea what you are speaking about and this is reddit tier rationalism applied.

        the study linked here is comparing a totally different category of AI generated faces vs the hideous comedic ones trump uses.

        its worth being a bit skeptical when such ludicrous things are said.

    • someothherguyy 1 hour ago
      https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2120481119

      there is some very depressing research on this topic