25 February 2025

Maybe it Was Premature to Disparage AI


I think that a content warning here would be superfluous

After all, any tool that can be used to generate a video showing Donald Trump lavishing oral and digital affection on Elon Musk's toes, which some very good person then put up on the video screens all across the offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, seems to me to be a remarkable societal good.

Visitors to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's headquarters in the capital got some unpleasant viewing on Monday morning after TV screens across the building began showing a deepfake video of President Trump kissing and sucking Elon Musk's toes.

The AI-generated footage had been circulating online over the weekend on social media, but the video was displayed on monitors at HUD on Monday morning, along with the message: "Long live the real king."

(For those who don't know, that's a reference to Republican President Trump yelling on state social media the other day "long live the king," referring to himself as a monarch. Elon, meanwhile, was recruited by Trump to, under the DOGE project, run through federal organizations to cut programs, contracts, and thousands of staff the Tesla tycoon doesn't approve of, and thus has been likened by some as the real president of the United States, especially given this earlier baffling press conference in the Oval Office.)

HUD staff reportedly resorted to unplugging the screens after failing to get the video removed from sight, and the agency is investigating.

 It's a pity that Oscar season is over.  This would be in the running for best selected short.

This is beautiful.

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