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highplainsdem

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7. I'm less concerned about this case than I am about the GOP targeting people dumb/gullible about AI.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:38 PM

17 hrs ago

We have people even on DU who post AI Overviews and quotes telling us "what ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude/Grok said" as if that AI slop is worth reading and paying attention to as something that's accurate. No matter how often they're told that genAI chatbots aren't reliable sources, they still treat the bots as if they are.

That's why the start of this ad caught my attention. It's aimed at people who are particularly gullible if AI is cited as a source.

This is the first ad I've seen trying to take advantage of that bizarre gullibility from the very first words: "We asked AI..."

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NY Gov. Hochul's opponent just released a nasty AI-generated ad: "We asked AI what a truthful Hochul ad would look like" [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

It won't work. We are not that dumb, despite the rural red areas. wnylib Yesterday #1

There are people gullible enough to think that if an AI model said something, it's the truth. That's a weakness highplainsdem Yesterday #2

But NY is a blue state which recently elected far left wnylib 23 hrs ago #5

You're forgetting durablend Yesterday #3

I live in one of those rural red areas of NY so I know that they exist. wnylib 22 hrs ago #6

I'm less concerned about this case than I am about the GOP targeting people dumb/gullible about AI. highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #7

I agree that trust in AI as an authority is a problem, wnylib 8 hrs ago #9

Great ideas! highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #10

Then may they reach the right people and get carried out. wnylib 4 hrs ago #12

She needs to sue obamanut2012 Yesterday #4

So he admits that he has to resort to making fake AI ads Ars Longa 17 hrs ago #8

I live in Albany County. We are very blue. My suburb is 80/20 blue. We haven't elected a R in well over two Raftergirl 6 hrs ago #11