Of course, these risks are very real — but using generative AI to create content is far from the tech's only threat. Each unflattering video — Trump claiming that whales are being murdered by windmills, mumbling incoherently, confusing Biden with former president Barack Obama, and so on — is genuine. Rather than confronting the videos, Trump is using the existence and availability of generative AI to falsely dismiss them as fake. Though this specific AI brush-off was quickly disproven, it may well be true that the more generative AI tools subvert our collective sense of reality, the more difficult it'll be to counter false "AI-did-it" claims of the kind. More on AI and the election: MAGA Uses AI to Invent Pictures of Trump With Black People

Source: Washington Post March 14, 2024 21:11 UTC