[rainsford]

Does it actually change anything? Maybe AI will led random people make their own pictures, but what's the real impact of that compared with what those people are likely already doing, which is repeating propaganda created by others using only marginally more involved methods like photoshop?

Also the particular image in this tweet doesn't seem like a great example of the power of AI propaganda. Unless I'm missing something, it's a fairly generic image of a nameless person...the propaganda is all in the story attached to it. The same story attached to a stock photo seems like it would have virtually the same impact.

[jruohonen]

One distinguishing factor to previous times is the almost infinite volume (quantity) that is now available to propagandists throughout the world. Soon enough (if not already), it is possible to automate and continuously update thousands or even tens of thousands of websites full of AI generated propaganda. If platforms are not careful, the same goes for AI bots and the like.