AI-generated Lego videos and Trump's poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars
TL;DR
When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime. Iran and its sympathisers responded to the strikes by flooding social media with outdated war footage allegedly from the current conflict alongside AI-generated content depicting attacks on Tel Aviv and US bases in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
The Iran-US slopaganda wars show how AI democratizes disinformation production — faster and more convincing than ever. The problem: even genuine content gets questioned once fakes erode general trust.
Media literacy and AI literacy are now critical societal safety infrastructure.
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