AI-Generated Fake News Outrage, But Not Real US Wars?
According to The Guardian, AI-generated images of a supposed US 'large-scale strike' against Venezuela by Donald Trump proliferated on social media, making it 'difficult to separate fact from fiction.' This sudden panic over AI-fueled misinformation is curious, given the decades-long performance of mainstream media in separating fact from fiction regarding actual US military operations and regime
change efforts. One might recall the 'weapons of mass destruction' in Iraq, the 'incubator babies' in Kuwait, or how Venezuelan President Maduro's legitimacy has been routinely undermined by US-backed opposition and sanctions since 2017, all preceding any concerns about AI's narrative-shaping potential. It's almost as if the 'fact from fiction' alarm only sounds when the narrative inconveniently
implicates US actions rather than justifying them. How many 'misleading narratives' did the media ignore when they were cheerleading for military interventions based on dubious intelligence, or echoing 'experts' funded by defense contractors? Perhaps the real 'rapidly advancing capabilities' we should worry about are those of legacy media to selectively apply outrage over manufactured content.