I was on YouTube yesterday when I encountered an eye-popping short–Joe Biden announcing that he will not run for re-election.
Wow! Ya don’t say? Tell me more! Crikey, I heard it clear as a bell! “I will not seek re-election…” It sure looked and sounded genuine to me.
I looked all over, but this story was not to be found on any of a dozen news sites. I went back to YouTube and the short wasn’t there anymore. And it was removed from “History,” too.
There wasn’t any “more.” There wasn’t even what I’d started with. Gone as if it had never been. I guess YouTube took it down.
I am trying to imagine an America where doddering, corrupt Joe Biden steps down and he is replaced as president by Kacklin’ Kamala, the diversity hire vice president. I’m a professional fantasy writer, so I should be able to imagine this. Edgar Allan Poe could have imagined it. H.P. Lovecraft could’ve. But I would rather not.
One of these days a YouTube hoax is going to sprout wings and hurt somebody.
This sort of thing is all too common. On Father’s Day, there was a YouTube video saying that Paul McCartney had died, and another showing him at a Father’s Day event.
It had me convinced… until I couldn’t find any corroboration,.
These days you have to check with multiple sources, for almost anything.
That was always true. The difference between then and now was… we actually did it.
I watch a fair amount of YouTube, and it’s very unpredictable. I have a few trusted channels, but that’s about it.
It was a very convincing hoax, I’ll give them that.
Fake AI videos are dangerous. I hope they come up with a way to detect them because they can do irreparable damage to the ignorant and ill-informed. I see where Schiff is calling for Biden to step down before the Dem Convention, and he doesn’t do anything without Pelosi’s approval. What a contrast between the Conventions, one solidly and lovingly behind their candidate Trump, and the other divided about whether to back Biden or not.