In the news lately is an early 2024 political advert that shows us a
possible future if we have four more years of Biden/Harris.  The reason
that it is in the news a lot is because it was (apparently) created using
AI.

If the objection was that AI was used to create alleged footage of a past or
current event that didn't happen, I would be on board with the criticism.  As
it is, the advert is depecting a possible future outcome, and is very clear
about that (2024 isn't now).  I have watched it multiple times and have come to
the conclusion that there is nothing any different about it than if someone had
sat down with Shotcut and clipped together a bunch of photos and soundbytes,
and then added some narration that sounds like it came from a news program.

That really is *not* anything new.  The only difference I can think of
would be the amount of time it would take AI to do the same vs. humans
using editing software that is readily available FOSS.  I could do that in
a day or two, with most of the time taken in gathering the source material
and recording any voice-overs.  If I was part of a political organization
that had resources to get that material together for me, it wouldn't even
take a day... probably hours.

So I don't understand the problem with this particular advert, especially
when some of the people who DO see a problem with it DON'T see a problem
with the White House editing out of (or INTO) the archives things said
and done during Presidential press events.

The only harm I see in this "possible future" advert is that there are so
many people, left and right, who are so disconnected from reality that they
might think these clearly future events have actually already happened.  I
am not sure how much harm that actually does considering whatever else these
same folks are going to believe/do/etc., as they've proven they will
overreact to *anything*.

The fact that it was done with AI, in this case, seems irrelevant.


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