Some of America’s worst fears about artificial intelligence, or AI, are coming true, particularly as it pertains to Donald Trump and the 2024 presidential election cycle.
Mark Kaye, a conservative radio show host and fierce Donald Trump supporter, disseminated AI-created photos of Black families embracing the former president — and then he had the audacity to get defiant in defending the faux pictures.
These are fake AI generated images being posted by Trump supporters in an effort to garner support among Black voters. pic.twitter.com/45OL8rx82J
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) March 4, 2024
Most conspicuous about the fake photos is the fact that one of them shows a disembodied White hand that doesn’t go with the rest of the image.
The mysterious disembodied white hand no one seems to notice is the third creepiest thing in this photo pic.twitter.com/fvMGL7sCPR
— Matt Lipton (@mattliptoncomic) March 4, 2024
Donald Trump supporters willfully lying to American voters
Kaye is proud of his work, according to the BBC.
“I’m not out there taking pictures of what’s really happening. I’m a storyteller,” he told the BBC.
“I’m not claiming it is accurate. I’m not saying, ‘Hey, look, Donald Trump was at this party with all of these African American voters. Look how much they love him!’” Kaye added. “If anybody’s voting one way or another because of one photo they see on a Facebook page, that’s a problem with that person, not with the post itself.”
The second artificial picture was distributed by a MAGA supporter named “Shaggy” who claims his image has successfully “attracted thousands of wonderful kind-hearted Christian followers,” the BBC reports.
