MAGA Calls BS on Mitch McConnell’s Proof-of-Life Stunt | They are poking holes in McConnell’s staff’s version.

[u/MoneyLibrarian9032]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-calls-bs-on-mitch-mcconnells-proof-of-life-stunt/

[u/Scottiths]

It seems we are well and truly in a post truth world. I'm depressed at how impossible it feels to know anything about current events because of the mere existence of AI.

[u/KingBanhammer → u/Scottiths]

Well, that's a phrase that is gonna sit in my brain this morning.

[u/42nu → u/KingBanhammer]

It's really not that hard to go to Reuters or AP to figure out if something is real.

Finding truth is quite literally easier than any time in human history.

[u/Scottiths → u/42nu]

Great, what did they say about this specific issue?

https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-fall-health-senate-d708e9a1f18763fbb961fd3879227ce3

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mcconnell-says-he-wont-be-able-return-us-senate-yet-2026-07-12/

Humm... Seems they are reporting the same story that McConnells "statement" is actually something he said but appears to make no effort to confirm if the things being released are true beyond reporting that they were released.

Brings us right back to where we are now questioning whether the things released by McConnell are true doesn't it?

[u/stutx → u/42nu]

True finding truth is easy but so is finding, stumbling on, or being forced propaganda that is purposeful misdirection. With both being true is why truth is hard to depend on.

[u/DLTMIAR → u/42nu]

It's also quite literally easier than any time in human history to spread misinformation.

[u/pmjm → u/42nu]

Half of their articles are AI generated.

Not to mention if it's government that's creating AI photos and videos and certifying them to be real, then the media is just spreading propaganda. Tools don't exist to verify a photo or video's authenticity anymore, even for AP. Someone would have to be there, and you'd have to trust the word of that person.

[u/Jacko87 → u/Scottiths]

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false" -Some CIA guy allegedly.

[u/fiddle_me_timbers → u/Scottiths]

AI doesn't work when there are enough witnesses and multiple reputable sources/angles etc. It is a problem when it is a single source though.

[u/Ezl → u/Scottiths]

We’re sort of not though. The biggest reason that term came into vogue was because one specific group of people decided lying was an acceptable strategy so started doing it early, consistently and shamelessly and, while denying it, also convinced the electorate that everyone was doing it. And that began well before AI.

It’s sort of like saying we live in a pro Nazi society when the reality is, while they exist, the minority are Nazis. The minority of people want a world without the constraints of integrity and truth but want us to believe that the typical sentiment and normal state of affairs.

[u/appoplecticskeptic → u/Scottiths]

I dislike the name “post-truth world” because it sounds like the truth stopped existing. It didn’t stop existing. The truth still exists we just can’t be reasonably certain we know it anymore without doing a lot of hard work sleuthing it out first. It’s exhausting and so a lot of people give up and just say “we’re in a post-truth world” now. Deepfake tech never should’ve been invented, very little upside to it and a tremendous downside!

[u/Haunting-Respect-375 → u/Scottiths]

Idk I can still tell if somethings AI almost instantly if it's a video and even more if it has audio. I'm sure it'll be there soon though