Why AI-generated slopaganda works

k310•about 1 hour 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•about 2 hours 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.

spenvo•about 1 hour ago

This is a cheap comment.

He linked to three different studies: https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-beco... https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/25/1140958/your-bra... https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1135087

Are we dealing pro-AI astroturfing in the lead up to IPOs?

Also noticed this item got shadowbanned off the front page, without as much as a "flag" designation. The pro AI crowd seems unable to face the reality that AI is being used in nefarious ways by the most powerful people, in ways that many were warning about a decade ago.

fennecfoxy•about 2 hours 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•about 2 hours 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•about 2 hours ago

Ahhh behavioral science…

josefritzishere•about 1 hour 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•about 2 hours 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•about 2 hours 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•about 2 hours 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•about 1 hour 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•about 2 hours ago

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2120481119

there is some very depressing research on this topic

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