Deepfakery in Malaysian politics


Influencer: AI will inevitably make its presence felt in Malaysian politics, but sometimes, inside information possessed by humans will trump its fakery.Influencer: AI will inevitably make its presence felt in Malaysian politics, but sometimes, inside information possessed by humans will trump its fakery.

“ADOI, AI deepfakes coming to Malaysia? Suddenly everyone’s a smooth-talking orator. Politicians might ‘promise’ the moon, literally! Expect videos of them singing dangdut with aliens. Will voters be fooled? Or just laugh until their nasi lemak comes out their nose? It’s just politics, lah. Gotta laugh, or cry.”

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