• CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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      I was thinking like Herman Cain, when they used his likeness and account to promote party messaging after his death, but this works too.

      • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        God, I hadn’t even thought about how many Trump deepfakes are going to be swindling conspiracy theorists out of their money for years after he dies.

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          During the Iraq War, there was a brief moment where a camera crew just happened to be in the right place at the right time to show the world a live broadcast of a perfectly healthy Saddam Hussein out in the wild, being greeted by his troops as a hero. Except the guy really didn’t look much like Saddam Hussein at all. It was the kind of cheap fake that you would think people could never fall for.

          Since then, we’ve seen time and time again what people will fall for.

          So, yes. Not only are you correct, you are probably more correct than people would want to admit.