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RockRaven

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11. AI slop and deepfakes are an exacerbation, but the underlying problem is old:

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 02:41 PM

12 hrs ago

People want to profit from your attention and people want to manipulate you. They can, and do, do this without AI and deepfakes.

Getting good at spotting AI and deepfakes is perhaps less important than getting good at spotting attention-seeking and manipulation.

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ai-slop, deepfakes, etc. There are so many out there, how do we tell? [View all] niyad 13 hrs ago OP

Ty for sharing! SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #1

You are most welcome. niyad 13 hrs ago #2

Great minds... SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #4

YES!!! niyad 13 hrs ago #6

... SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #15

Great information! Thank you! highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #3

You are most welcome. niyad 13 hrs ago #7

The obvious fakes are robotic, repetitive, the mouth doesn't quite fit all the words, and bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #5

Not all of them are obvious. The Randy Rainbow/Kelly Clarkson one, niyad 13 hrs ago #8

Omg, someone made a Randy Rainbow fake? CrispyQ 12 hrs ago #13

The fake was, as I understand it, based on an interview Randy niyad 7 hrs ago #19

Thanks. I totally misunderstood. -nt CrispyQ 6 hrs ago #21

You are most welcome. niyad 6 hrs ago #22

I just sat through a George Will video on youtube that turned out to be AL bigtree 13 hrs ago #9

You purposely subjected yourself to him? niyad 13 hrs ago #10

AI slop and deepfakes are an exacerbation, but the underlying problem is old: RockRaven 12 hrs ago #11

Amazingly enough, some of us know this, and know how to do it. niyad 12 hrs ago #12

I'm getting pretty good at detecting AI images and videos PatSeg 12 hrs ago #14

It is really hard to tell these days. I can't stand the Ai narration. LoisB 11 hrs ago #16

Some may find this helpful... True Dough 9 hrs ago #17

Lol... haele 7 hrs ago #18

Gosh!!! How could we possibly tell??? niyad 7 hrs ago #20