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cyrano@piefed.social to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days ago

We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran

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We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran

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cyrano@piefed.social to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days ago
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Iran war: We spoke to the man making Lego-style AI videos that experts say are powerful propaganda
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"Slopaganda" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this "highly sophisticated" content is, one expert says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1044171

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  • DandomRude@piefed.social
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    Well, it’s hardly surprising that such propaganda has been successful, especially since it contains more truth than most U.S. media outlets dare to publish these days.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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      It also takes a collective childhood memory and does something very edgy with it. That tickles our brains in a very funny way.

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      Is it propaganda when it’s 100% true? Is it called propaganda because it’s pro-foreign?

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        The most effective propaganda is either true, or has been repeated so long, loud, and often, people refuse to believe it’s a lie.

      • Art3mis@lemmy.world
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        Propaganda is just media with a specific social or politcal bias it is trying to convince the reader of. It has nothing to do with veracity. Even advertising is a form of propaganda.

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    Video for context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G9DNx7xIIc

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      US media: “We have a healthy and functional democracy”

      Iran: “Your government is ran by pedophiles”

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    This is actually the first time I’ve seen that and damn, hit the nail right on the head.

  • MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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    L.O.S.E.R. was such a banger!

    • Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It’s the best propaganda I’ve ever seen

  • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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    Slopaganda is a gorgeous term. I hate it.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    I mean the guy didn’t really make it. AI did. Or should I say the collective effort of many people’s work that the model was trained on did? I find there‘s something ironic about the content of the videos considering LLMs are the ultimate „fuck your consent“ tools. But I will say it‘s very effective.

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    What, no “slop” comments?

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      ITA: “Slopaganda” isn’t strong enough

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    Is it really propaganda if a majority is true?

  • EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml
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    I’ve seen a few but not the rap “the secrets are leaking, the pressure is rising”

    Anyone have a linkl? I searched DDG and no links, seems like it’s being suppressed in the US for some reason…

    found this though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G9DNx7xIIc

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      i think you want that one: https://politicalhumor.substack.com/p/new-iran-lego-viral-video-trump-is

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        Wow…these fucking gold. Good on Iran for playing the propaganda game proper, love this.

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