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#WTF! 馃槨
Vid by Prof Richard Wolff. Except its a full #AI re-creation of this guy. Collapsed description of the YT channel reads:
> Disclaimer: Heart To Wolf is an independent, fan-created channel and is not affiliated with Richard D. Wolff or any of his companies.
> By reimagining these messages through modern editing, narration, and presentation, we aim to help viewers connect emotionally and intellectually with the insights shared, without any intention to misrepresent the original views.
Just found another #Youtube channel, this one showing a deep fake #Varoufakis giving #geopolitical analysis, emulating perfectly the typical English accent he speaks with.
The channel which YT says originates in Canada, exists just for one month and has only 46 subscribers. But some vids are watched up to 2.5k times.
There's no disclaimer as a "fan site", the channel is pretending to be real.
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_nbkZ9ZiFI
(link made unclickable on purpose)
@smallcircles this seems like litigation bait
@hipsterelectron might be. Though Youtube is full of grifters of all kinds and every content creator sees their work being stolen and remixed, with or without AI. This might also be riding on the clicks that the professor gets. Or might just as well have a state actor operating behind the scenes too, pushing disinformation campaigns. First earn people's trust by being 95% accurate, and throw in subtle misguiding talking points where it counts most. Who knows.
This is the vid in question, btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtsBW7DDG0g
I was interested because in the description it mentioned "Canada officially joins the Horizon Europe program".
In the vid the Prof is his younger version, and it is not well lip-synced, and some other clues still make it apparent that it is AI. But also this is clearly overlooked by many watchers.
@smallcircles thank you i do see why you raise misinfo as a specific potential goal
143 comments under the 27 minute video, and no one being critical that it is not the real guy talking but some unknown people behind the scenes, who cooked it all up.
It is all "Great geopolitical analysis Mr. Wolff".
Freaking hell. Open yourself to #misinformation folks. What can happen, right?
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