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Trump is the first AI slop president. That's not good for democracy.

By Steven Asarch

Trump is the first AI slop president. That's not good for democracy.

By Steven Asarch

Franklin Roosevelt mastered the use of radio. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan were top of the game on TV. And Donald Trump is the first AI slop president.

 

Since January, Trump's administration has used artificial intelligence to churn out a steady stream of fake images on social media, from alligators in ICE hats to crying members of Congress. Earlier this week, Trump used his account on his personal social media platform, Truth Social, to share an AI-generated clip showing former President Barack Obama being forcibly detained by the FBI. As bizarre as it was, it fit in with his other nonsensical memes, which included various Democrats in orange prison jumpsuits as the "Shady Bunch" and a fake-looking video of a woman in a bikini catching a snake with her bare hands.

 

Even in the most harmless AI-generated memes, Trump is muddying the waters on what is real, encouraging his supporters to believe everything and nothing. Did a woman in a bikini really catch a snake? Is Obama really going to be arrested? To a Trump supporter steeped in these memes, the answer may not even matter.

 

Let's call this slop-posting, and it's usually done by a 14-year-old boy, or someone who still acts like one. But when the president does it, it's something else entirely.

 

This is a preview of  Steven Asarch's latest column. Read the full column here. 

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