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Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is targeting Spanish-speaking voters with an AI-generated ad that shows a caricature of a trans girl playing soccer against high school girls. The ad even features an AI-generated version of his Democratic opponent, Xavier Becerra, taking a policy position that he does not take in real life.

The ad is raising questions about how AI is used both to create problems that don’t exist – the ad used generative AI to portray the trans girl as a much older man pushing cis girls around in a high school soccer game, which doesn’t happen in real life – and to put words in political opponents’ mouths.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 89 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Deep fake laws need to have severe punishments.

[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 34 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If it fits inside marketing budget it's not a punishment but just a price tag.

[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 16 points 3 hours ago

Believe it or not, straight to guillotine

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The ad even features an AI-generated version of his Democratic opponent, Xavier Becerra, taking a policy position that he does not take in real life.

This should be considered fraud. Making claims about a political opponent that are a reach is whatever, that’s politics. But making realistic footage of your opponent saying something they never said is just beyond the pale.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 15 minutes ago
[–] Blibly@lemmy.world 45 points 3 hours ago (6 children)

When the fuck is this transphobe shit gonna be over?

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 minutes ago

This is genocide

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 hours ago

When they put them all in camps and move on to the next group.

It will never stop. Control of sexuality is a fundamental aspect of authoritarian systems, because it creates (a) blackmail (b) transgressive opportunities for the elites (c) sexual frustration that can be weaponized.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

When we get private equity out of kids’ sports.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Not that that's a bad idea, but it's not going to take care of the transphobe shit.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

I think if we brought back intramural, gender-oblivious sports with the same tryouts for everyone we’d put a dent in both transphobia and sexism and get kids moving around more.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 hours ago

Money changes EVERYTHING!

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

And endless number of types of prejudice and racism was forgotten and moved past because it became irrelevant as social classes transformed entirely. The ones that remain over time does so because of influential people who keep choosing to push for it.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

When the global society as a whole decides it's cool to want to fuck people of the same sex.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 0 points 2 hours ago

Likely not in any of our lifetimes.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 20 points 3 hours ago

The ad is raising questions

The questions are "why didn't anyone listen to people pointing out this obvious outcome years ago and make it illegal to do in this context"?

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

The maker of the ad most likely supports men beating girls ~~in sports~~.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Yet another reminder that Steve Hilton is a piece of shit.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 hours ago

This is STUPID because Republicans are KNOWN to do Their Own Research TM and will KNOW that This is AI Generated! And BECAUSE of this Ad so FLAGRANTLY Spitting on the Intelligence of Republicans they'll ~~DENOUNCE Hilton!~~ Vote OVERWHELMINGLY for Hilton!