• Brosplosion@lemm.ee
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    17 hours ago

    With how pervasive AI generated video is now, you can’t imagine doubting the veracity of this vid?

    • WhatSay@slrpnk.net
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      17 hours ago

      It would be different if people started floating away or growing extra arms, it’s not hard to find real footage of cops being assholes

      • isaaclw@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        Plus the other side is palestinian protestors.

        The only way it would be more believable is if it was in the US and a labor strike with sanitation workers after MLK did his “at the mountain top” speech.

    • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      14 hours ago

      even if AI generated videos are increasingly common, there was nothing about this video that required suspension of disbelief or made me think it might be fake

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        Even when a source is consistent with your world views, I can respect some healthy skepticism and desire for context. Otherwise your world views may be exploitable somehow.

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          2 hours ago

          skepticism is likewise exploitable, and useful for ignoring evidence - the fact that the video does not seem to be produced by AI is not a conclusion reached from a world view or bias, but unwillingness to believe it’s real might be