I “A.I.’d” My Own Fake Campaign Rally to Test Trump’s Claims
The results surprised me — and revealed a powerful tool for spotting AI fakes
Earlier this month, Republication Presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed that his rival, Kamala Harris, used AI to create fake images of a crowd at one of her Michigan campaign rallies.
To be clear, Trump’s claim is entirely false — as my own analysis revealed, Harris’ campaign photo was genuine and not created using AI.
Trump’s claim got me thinking, though: Could one really (to borrow the former President’s deliberately tortured verb) “A.I.” a convincing campaign photo, using the generative AI technologies that exist today?
Would such a photo fool anyone — or at least appear convincing enough to sow doubt about the photo’s veracity? How could a malicious person create such a photo? Could they back it up with a correspondingly convincing fake video?
I decided to find out. Using several of today’s most advanced artificial intelligence tools, I “A.I.’d” a campaign rally photo for my own fictitious Presidential run.
