The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”

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    9 months ago

    I find it hard to believe that there are too many people who truly can’t decide between Trump and Biden at this point. The media really wants a horse race here, but if your mind isn’t made up by this point, I think you’re unlikely to vote in the first place.

    I’ll be happy to be proven wrong and have this sway people who might vote for Trump to vote for Biden though.

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      9 months ago

      So, the race is basically already decided but there is a conspiracy among the media and polling companies to make it look like the race is actually close and that there are undecides. Of course, the only way to prove this wrong would be with polls, but we’ve conveniently already just rejected that evidence. Very convenient.

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          9 months ago

          A couple of things.

          First, your link is outdated: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2022-election-polling-accuracy/

          Yes, 2020 was a bad year, but last year was actually a very good year. Basically what you are saying is that “4 years ago polls were bad, so that allows me to just believe whatever I want.”

          Second, if you believe you have no metric by which to measure something, the correct thought is “I’m not sure what the answer is” not “what I think is true must be true.”

          Plus, don’t believe it was missed that you just outright ignored the whole part of your post that this is some conspiracy, of course thrown out there with zero evidence.

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            9 months ago

            Basically what you are saying is that “4 years ago polls were bad, so that allows me to just believe whatever I want.”

            How on Earth am I saying that?

            Second, if you believe you have no metric by which to measure something, the correct thought is “I’m not sure what the answer is” not “what I think is true must be true.”

            Have you met the average Fox viewer?

            Plus, don’t believe it was missed that you just outright ignored the whole part of your post that this is some conspiracy, of course thrown out there with zero evidence.

            Conservative media not giving a shit about the truth isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a fact. Hence Fox having to pay a billion dollars to Dominion.

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              9 months ago

              How on Earth am I saying that?

              Sorry I got it wrong. What exactly are you saying with that point?

              Have you met the average Fox viewer?

              What does the average Fox viewer have to do with you and your point?

              Conservative media not giving a shit about the truth isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a fact. Hence Fox having to pay a billion dollars to Dominion.

              Wait, now we are just talking about conservative media? I thought we were talking about the media wanting you to think there was actually a race?

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                9 months ago

                Yes, I was just talking about conservative media. The media as a whole loves a horse race, but they aren’t generally willing to lie to get it.

                That said, polls right now are all over the place, which does put the media in general in a good place because a contentious election means more viewers.

                https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/

                But that’s not a conspiracy, that’s just capitalism- an exciting election equals more news viewers equals higher advertising rates. Would, say, CBS news lie about the polls to achieve that? I doubt it. Would Fox? Absolutely.

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                  9 months ago

                  So how does this tie into your original point that it’s hard for you to believe that anyone isn’t decided? The whole point of bringing up polls in general was to show that this shouldn’t be hard to believe at all. The claim that you were always just talking about the conservative media seems like a massive non-sequitur.

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                    9 months ago

                    Yes, when polls are all over the place, it’s hard to believe them. I gave you the link to see for yourself.