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[AZJonnie]

1. Given it's flagged as altered or synthetic comment by YT, maybe George Will shouldn't be the hero this day either (nt)

[eShirl]

4. you mean it's fake?

if so, that's disappointing

[eShirl]

7. deleting my reply and taking back my rec

[xocetaceans]

12. Just take a look at the YouTube channel from which that video comes.

If you look at this following YouTube video from that same channel, they have a crude animation of George Will present but haven't figured out how to use his approximate voice yet:

https : // www . youtube . com/ watch?v = lZG1uvDHa2w

Neither the mimicry of the animation nor of the voice in that video is well executed. It seems clear that they have just slapped a head or face on a body and anointed it "George Will".

[AZJonnie]

23. That's not exactly what I mean, hence the word "maybe"

If content is has the flag "altered or synthetic content" it basically means you cannot rely on it like you otherwise might.

Sometimes such content is totally accurate, factually (for example though the words are not actually a recording of George Will, there might be written copy of him saying those exact words, that someone is using AI to "bring to life" ). Other times much, if not all, was never said by the person they're representing in such videos.

Basically it's good to be skeptical and independently verify everything in a "known AI generated" video.

[rurallib]

8. thanks for the warning!

[usaf-vet]

21. It is all AI. There are 3-5 others out there. AI it is a great tool. Like a shovel UNLESS it's used as a weapon.

[biocube]

2. Buckley didn't criticize Reagan, but spoke out against Bush

Will didn't speak out against Bush, but against Trump.

Seems to be a pattern with these guys to suddenly find some principles at the tail end of their lives.

[2naSalit]

5. AI slop!

This is AI fabricated.

[Bev54]

6. This is AI, why is it here?

[broiles]

9. WOW! This is powerful!!

I am amazed that it's by George Will. Bravo!

[broiles]

14. I posted thisd before all the posts

about it being fake. But the message that it sends is really good no matter who makes it.

[calimary]

38. The message IS really good.

No matter who made it.

[malaise]

10. Must watch

Rec. Rec. Rec

[Pluvious]

22. Apparently it's likely a fake :-/

[malaise]

27. I suspected so

Because it said altered content but it does need to be said

[PJMcK]

34. Will's voice isn't right

It’s too “youthful” sounding. Will is 84 years old. Even the man in the videos looks too young.

YouTube has been inundated with AI slop crediting the content to people— living AND dead— without their actual participation or permission. I’ve seen it in many different genres from entertainment to science and politics.

I’ve taken to checking the posting source before clicking on the videos.

[malaise]

37. Ha

😀

[niyad]

41. Plus, george's chin is more rounded than pointed.

[rzemanfl]

43. That is a good suggestion. n/t

[Cirsium]

11. Fake

From the Youtube page for this video-

How this was made:
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.

[Uncle Joe]

13. This isn't George Will, but it would've been nice if it was.

Thanks for the thread ariadne.

[xocetaceans]

15. Please take down this AI slop: it diminishes the usefulness of DU as a reliable site for news and information.

If you have any doubt that it is a slop video, please just examine the YouTube channel from which it comes. It is apparent.

The channel doesn't even get George Will's voice approximately right in the first video.

[31st Street Bridge]

19. Please explain how it's "apparent."

[Cirsium]

24. Can't get more apparent

It is spelled out right on the page.

How this was made:
Altered or synthetic content
Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.

Explained further here:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15447836?hl=en

‘Altered or synthetic content’: This indicates that a video contains content that has been meaningfully altered or synthetically generated. There are several ways that this information ends up in the ‘How this content was made’ section of the expanded description of a video.

You should expect to see this disclosure when:

The creator manually discloses the use of ‘altered or synthetic’ content in the YouTube Studio workflow. When content is undisclosed, in some cases, YouTube may take action to reduce the risk of harm to viewers by proactively applying a label that creators will not have the option to remove. Learn more about our "altered or synthetic content" disclosures.

The creator uses YouTube’s generative AI tools (e.g., DreamScreen).

The content contains valid Content Credentials data indicating the entire video is made with AI. Learn more about Content Credentials (C2PA).

[dickthegrouch]

20. Slop it might be, please read my reply #18. /nt

[flashman13]

16. I never thought I would see the day that I would say, "Right on George Will. You are a true patriot".

Well said George.

[31st Street Bridge]

17. What Murrow and Sevareid and Shirer and Cronkite would say today

Real or not, the message here is excellent.

[dickthegrouch]

18. Doesn't really matter if George Will actually said all of that

It's a very powerful message, well worth listening all the way through.

The huge difference between previous responses to the Fascist takeovers, however, was that the images of the oppression were being distributed by news organizations that had integrity.

There are far too few public figures and news organizations actually showing the people what is happening. The major news organizations have been as thoroughly corrupted as the government and its agencies. Only a relatively tiny number of people know how badly.

The ICE situation in Minneapolis appears to be too big and compelling for the new orgs to suppress completely, but they are still spinning it, and trumpeting (pun intended) the noise that keeps coming from the Whitehouse to distract us.

False numbers, events and "truths" that never occurred; confusion over the policies and implementations; the incompetent and dangerous Cabal that dares to call itself a Cabinet, and is focussed more on undeserved adulation than administration, all are being covered up every day by the ultimately complicit news organizations afraid of losing access.

They have the access, but they are not reporting on the fundamental problems they are seeing due to that access. They are failing to insist on answers to the troubling, nay catastrophic, things they are witnessing.

That is the biggest challenge we have to overcome.

[Cirsium]

25. No

The video only gets attention because people think it is George Will. It isn't.

[William Seger]

31. Deceiving people to make money is called FRAUD ...

... and I'm SURE you wouldn't approve of how right-wing channels use AI slop, probably with the same rationalization that you're using.

[bif]

26. Why hasn't this post been removed?

If it is indeed, AI generated?

[orangecrush]

28. AI FAKE PLEASE REMOVE

[MineralMan]

29. If You See the "Altered or synthetic content" Flag on a YouTube Video,

That means that YouTube has recognized that what you're looking at is AI Slop. Such videos are merely clickbait and don't belong here on DU.

Truly.

[William Seger]

30. I knew it was going to be that AI slop channel as soon as I read your title

Several weeks ago, I commented on one of their videos that deceiving people to make clickbait money is called fraud -- something I do every time I see AI slop -- but of course, they don't care about that as long as the money keeps coming in.

[Pinback]

32. AI slop, please self-delete. (nt)

[WhiskeyGrinder]

33. Delete this AI slop and then ask yourself why you need George Will to say anything you agree with

[SoFlaBro]

35. This is AI generated fucking slop. The MAGA fuckstains are now innundating us with the goddamn shit. Piss on those turds

[chowder66]

36. Please self delete. This is not a real video.

[sop]

39. Even the AI version of Will couldn't bring itself to criticize the Republican party for enabling Trump's fascism.

[rzemanfl]

42. Good point. n/t

[rzemanfl]

40. I saw this video just minutes after it was posted to YouTube

and it wasn't flagged as AI at that time. I'm sure it will be deleted when the poster gets back from church or wherever.

[ariadne0614]

44. Okay, before I succumb to the screeching about AI slop, I have something to say.

First, I want to express appreciation for those of you who bothered to listen to the message being conveyed, and had the discernment to see past the “messenger.” The message may be AI-generated, but it wasn’t slop. In my defense, even if I eliminate GW from the equation, I would still be deeply moved and impressed with the truth conveyed.

Yes, I probably shouldn’t have been so quick to credit George Will without further research. For that, I will shortly delete the OP. As surprised as I was to hear such evolved content from GW, in the moment it seemed only fair to give credit where credit is due. Call me a bleeding heart liberal, but I believe most human beings have the capacity to evolve. So sue me.

Now that I know credit was NOT due, I will remove the post presently.