Senator Amy Klobuchar is one of the top Democrats in the Senate. She could be fighting to protect democracy against fascists. She could be working on a new, better vision for Americans. But instead…
If you have an actor who is obviously not the person represented saying a bunch of stupid and mean shit, I’ll defend your right to do it while also calling you a worthless piece of shit for thinking something so mean and petty is funny. This is basically the MadTV model and it has a right to exist for sure.
Deepfakes feel different. The ridiculous realism casts it in a light that feels a lot more like misinformation, which I do not believe is defensible, in the same way yelling fire in a crowded theater isn’t defensible.
I’m not saying it should be banned, but I guess I’m more open to like a serious and healthy debate over it.
The deepfake puts it into murky waters for me.
If you have an actor who is obviously not the person represented saying a bunch of stupid and mean shit, I’ll defend your right to do it while also calling you a worthless piece of shit for thinking something so mean and petty is funny. This is basically the MadTV model and it has a right to exist for sure.
Deepfakes feel different. The ridiculous realism casts it in a light that feels a lot more like misinformation, which I do not believe is defensible, in the same way yelling fire in a crowded theater isn’t defensible.
I’m not saying it should be banned, but I guess I’m more open to like a serious and healthy debate over it.
That’s how they got Schwarzenegger in The Running Man…