Pro DeSantis Super PAC AI-fakes Trump's Voice In Ad

[durangodawood]

Trump wrote it. But he never said it. Yet here we have audio of "Trump" making this pronouncement thanks to the pro DeSantis super pac.

This is not to beat up on DeSantis (though that may be perfectly justified). Its more about how we deal with this generally, as we're guaranteed to see this dirty trick as a feature of political campaigns if it remains legal.

Super PAC supporting DeSantis targets Trump in Iowa with ad using AI-generated Trump voice

 

[Pommer]

Trump wrote it. But he never said it. Yet here we have audio of "Trump" making this pronouncement thanks to the pro DeSantis super pac.

This is not to beat up on DeSantis (though that may be perfectly justified). Its more about how we deal with this generally, as we're guaranteed to see this dirty trick as a feature of political campaigns if it remains legal.

Super PAC supporting DeSantis targets Trump in Iowa with ad using AI-generated Trump voice

Harry Shearer [SNL, The Simpson’s (Principal Skinner et. al.] has a weekly radio show which he skewered 45 with a series of promos for a “show” he called The Apresidentis, but came by the voice of the lead the old fashioned way.

 

[durangodawood]

Harry Shearer [SNL, The Simpson’s (Principal Skinner et. al.] has a weekly radio show which he skewered 45 with a series of promos for a “show” he called The Apresidentis, but came by the voice of the lead the old fashioned way.

Shearer is real I. Not AI.

 

[Pommer]

Shearer is real I. Not AI.

He does another segment called “Nixon in Heaven” too.

 

[Bradskii]

Trump wrote it. But he never said it. Yet here we have audio of "Trump" making this pronouncement thanks to the pro DeSantis super pac.

This is not to beat up on DeSantis (though that may be perfectly justified). Its more about how we deal with this generally, as we're guaranteed to see this dirty trick as a feature of political campaigns if it remains legal.

Super PAC supporting DeSantis targets Trump in Iowa with ad using AI-generated Trump voice

Sounds a little like Stephen Hawkin doing an impresssion of Trump. But it's something that will improve. It needs to be banned.

On an associated problem, I'm sure we've all had phone calls by scammers who are looking to get financial information from you. It's been pointed out that one tactic now is just to keep you talking long enough so that they have enough speech so that AI can have you say anything. So instead of a text message that says 'Hey Dad, can you send some money to this account' (which hopefully you'd ignore), now you'll get a voice message from your daughter saying the same thing.

 

[durangodawood]

Sounds a little like Stephen Hawkin doing an impresssion of Trump. But it's something that will improve. It needs to be banned.

On an associated problem, I'm sure we've all had phone calls by scammers who are looking to get financial information from you. It's been pointed out that one tactic now is just to keep you talking long enough so that they have enough speech so that AI can have you say anything. So instead of a text message that says 'Hey Dad, can you send some money to this account' (which hopefully you'd ignore), now you'll get a voice message from your daughter saying the same thing.

I think political ads are really a minor concern re believable voice fakes compared to other possibilities.

But Americans are so wound up about politics, I thought this might exemplify the issue in a way they care about.

 

[FireDragon76]

Sounds a little like Stephen Hawkin doing an impresssion of Trump. But it's something that will improve. It needs to be banned.

On an associated problem, I'm sure we've all had phone calls by scammers who are looking to get financial information from you. It's been pointed out that one tactic now is just to keep you talking long enough so that they have enough speech so that AI can have you say anything. So instead of a text message that says 'Hey Dad, can you send some money to this account' (which hopefully you'd ignore), now you'll get a voice message from your daughter saying the same thing.

In most countries with English-style common law, that kind of thing could be felonious, and there's more of a tradition of punishing gravely malicious and false speech. But it's harder to prosecute in the US, because we have the 1st Ammendment. However, they could easily open themselves up to lawsuits, at the very least.

 

[DaisyDay]

Of all the Trump mimics, Trevor Noah gets his peculiar cadence and growls perfectly.