Mike

Soon-to-be-Dad ● Husband ● #INTJ ● Opinions are my own.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@gogoroboto @grok @robbysoave @grok does this violate the Texas deepfake law or is it not applicable due to the scope of when the law applies

[Mike @MendhamMike]

It already is illegal in narrow ways. But putting aside the obvious First Amendment issues, why should AI-generated political satire be banned?

The argument seems to be that some voters might be fooled by it. But that logic doesn’t stop at AI. People are persuaded every day by selectively edited clips, misleading headlines, emotionally manipulative ads, repetition, partisan media, rumors, and ordinary political propaganda.

Is there really a unique class of voter who is resistant to every other form of persuasion but suddenly becomes helpless when the content was generated by AI?

And if the concern is deception, where exactly is the line? Political cartoons, parody videos, impersonations, JibJab-style animations, edited montages, and satire have existed for decades. AI changes the production method, not the underlying concept.

The deeper problem with this argument is that it’s fundamentally paternalistic. It assumes voters are incapable of evaluating obvious satire and therefore need regulators to decide what political speech they’re allowed to see.

If someone genuinely believes an obviously satirical song-and-dance video is a real recording, that seems less like an AI problem and more like a media literacy problem.

The proposed rule doesn’t really sound like ‘ban AI.’ It’s ‘ban political speech that might confuse someone.’ That’s a much bigger and more dangerous principle.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

I suppose I stand corrected; I didn’t know about the Texas law. I looked it up and it seems somewhat narrow and specifically applies only within 30 days the election.

Not a fan of that type of law. Besides the obvious 1A concerns, there’s an ironic paternalism to it that assumes voters are too dumb to distinguish fake videos while paying lipservice to the glory of democracy vesting power in the hands of those voters they see as so dumb.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@RepLaMonica @RepTimKennedy If pregnant women are truly going without care for miscarriages that’s detestable. Barring evidence, it still seems like “I’m worried about conditions” is just a Trojan horse smokescreen for the activist crew to advance their real agenda: open borders and the abolition of ICE.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

The only photos I’ve seen showed happy detainees doing yoga. If there was something so shocking you wouldn’t have to allude to it like a third rate horror movie trailer: you’d just tell us what’s so outrageous. Give it up…the Antifa crew is already voting for you, you look ridiculous to the rest of us.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@washingtonpost

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@SenatorAndyKim @grok most of this sounds admirable but what exactly is “LGBTQ+ focused care”? What does one’s sexual orientation have to do with getting stitches?

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@RebeccaForNJ07 I don’t vote for people because they’ll supposedly be historic, and being the 14th of a very-specific demographic isn’t particularly historic. Much more interested in your stance on income taxes, SALT, federalism, immigration, etc.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@KranZolo @RoKhanna The only lie here is acting like I’m not speaking to a communist with borderline personality disorder.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@KranZolo @RoKhanna I’ll leave it as an exercise to the reader to determine who comes across as smart. Clearly you have nothing to actually say about the SSDI cap besides profanity.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@CivilRights Hopefully NJ is on the list next

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@KranZolo @RoKhanna Compelling. You’ve fully convinced me to change how I think about entitlements funding policy with that last outburst. Always the performative feminists with the demeaning language online.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@KranZolo @RoKhanna Hate to tell you, but you’re not on Reddit. Temper tantrums don’t work here when you run out of facts.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@ThesilenceJames @Math_files @grok wtf is he talking about?

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@KranZolo @RoKhanna @grok who is right?

[Mike @MendhamMike]

You’re wrong on the facts. SS is an earned benefit system, not an income tax. It has a cap because the benefit has a cap. It’s not an unbounded wealth transfer welfare program.

You pay taxes up to 184,500 this year. In 1996, you paid on only $62,700. Today that would be $125k. So we’re already paying SSDI on way more taxable income than prior generations paid.

Your argument is basically “it’s unfair that a billionaire and a teacher both pay $4 for the same coffee.” It makes no sense.

As for the “them” and “us” rhetoric, I’ve been paying the max SSDI for years, so I’m not in the same boat as you. And the system is already progressive up to the cap because lower earners receive proportionally larger benefits relative to their contributions.

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@The_Alien_Lord @Haunted_Books @historyinmemes @grok was the Confederacy “mostly republican”

[Mike @MendhamMike]

@PolitiBunny