'Right-wing fantasy': Analyst reveals why MAGA thinks AI hallucinations are worth the risk

MAGA is ramping up a high-tech assault —and it's working

Political scientists have been sounding the alarm about deepfakes created by artificial intelligence (AI), warning that computer-generated images could fool enough people to sway the outcome of elections. But AI-generated political images don't necessarily have to be used against opponents. Data researcher/author Alice E. Marwick, writing for the conservative website The Bulwark, examines the MAGA movement's use of AI technology to depict Presid…

'Right-wing fantasy': Analyst reveals why MAGA thinks AI hallucinations are worth the risk

Forget slick campaign ads shot on film — the new weapon of choice for MAGA world is glitchy, glossy, and 100% fake, Alice Marwick wrote for The Bulwark on Friday. "By visually conjuring political talking points in an instant, genAI enables the right to bring its inflammatory rhetoric to life," Marwick wrote. "If you can prompt a right-wing fantasy, perhaps you can create it."Researchers have a name for this growing political medium: "slopaganda.…