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A manipulated video that mimics the voice of Vice President Kamala Harrissaying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of artificial intelligence to mislead with Election Day about three months away.

The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday evening without explicitly noting it was originally released as parody.

The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nominee, released last week launching her campaign. But the video swaps out the voice-over audio with another voice that convincingly impersonates Harris.

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Non-Twitter Video Mirror

Transcript:

“I, Kamala Harris, senior Democrat candidate for President because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility of debate. Thanks, Joe.

I was selected because I am the ultimate diversity hire. I’m both a woman and a person of color. So if you criticize anything I say, you’re both sexist and racist.

I may not know the first thing about running the country, but remember, that’s a good thing if you’re a deep state puppet. I had four years under the tutelage of the ultimate deep state puppet, a wonderful mentor, Joe Biden. Joe taught me rule number one, carefully hide your total incompetence.

I take insignificant things and I discuss them as if they’re significant. And I believe that exploring the significance of the insignificant is in itself significant. Talking about the significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. “So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time, and there is such great significance to the passage of time.”

And Another trick is trying to sound black. I pretend to celebrate Kwanza, and in my speeches, I always do my best Barack Obama impression. “So hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump’s type.”

And okay, look, maybe my work addressing the root causes of the border crisis were catastrophic, but my knowledge of international politics is truly shocking. “The United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. It is an alliance that is strong and enduring.”

Just remember, when voting this November, it is important to see what can be unburdened by what has been. And by what has been… I mean, Joe Biden. Do you think the country went to over the past four years? You ain’t seen nothing yet. (Cackle).”

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It always baffles me to say she's unqualified when she objectively has more relevant work experience than Trump.

Also the "try to sound black" part is just... there's a lot to unpack there.

[–] Blank@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, but woman.

That's all the convincing the MAGA crowd need to view someone as unqualified for leadership.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 27 points 3 months ago

It's amazing people don't see him as a racist manchild.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You'd have to be astonishingly stupid to think this was real. Unfortunately ...

[–] Matthew_Gasoline@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large groups."

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Less stupidity than cynicism.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cynicism implies you know better but you're playing along for political gain.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it really just depends on who you are talking about. I guess the stupid ones make life easier by eating up whatever bad faith arguments the cynical ones put out there.

[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It's MAGA, Trump told us that he loved the uneducated right out of the gate