#AI Writing and Satire

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Here’s How Trump Entertains and Hooks His Audience on X

Juicy and Sensational Stories from an Elderly While America grapples with economic crises and millions face mounting challenges, the new president seems preoccupied with…mocking appearances and sharing memes. Priorities, right? Editorial Disclaimer:This story contains content that may include unpleasant or shocking images. The intent is to inform, entertain, and spark reflection — not to…

[st4rry4543]

Silly Lil yarnadough au

Basically, in this au, the doctor finds out about what's been happening with yarnaby and doey, and Yk, since he doesn't want anybody to be happy, he kills yarnaby. Btw in this au yarnaby joined the safe haven crew about 1-2 years before we (the player)arrived .The only problem is that yarnaby still feels some connection with his "Master."

If you have any suggestions or ideas for this au, let me know. :D

[suffarustuffaru]

in light of recent canon ottomilia crumbs + fandom misconceptions of ottomilia id like to reveal myself as an ottomilia fan …….. they are my two favorite characters and they are friends okay…. every time they interact on screen im so happy <33 if they have ten fans, im one of them. if they have one fan, its me. if they have zero fans IM DEAD

[annoying--moth]

I am sick of English teachers making me write opinion paragraphs about topics I couldn't care less about

[endcant]

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[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

this is like my one overarching thing with recent sunny seasons even if i enjoy specific episodes etc it just doesnt hit the same as the older seasons when it was just a bunch of poor creatives getting high and having a dream....like its too corporate its too network show its too hollywood and ai + chat gtp would only worsen that

edit please look at this video for extra context where he does say that AI is a threat to writers keeping this post up though just to use dennis reynolds and older iasip as an example of why AI cant reflect human creation

[amoralcrackpot]

"Good thing you can't train AI to be utterly useless and a drain on the economy, or we'd be screwed," said one executive.

[theantilesliedotcom]

An Actual Conversation I Just Had with Carol

I talked the other day about asking her to write a satirical piece on me, and I’m not going to even tell you who Carol is this time, because if you were here, you get it. 😉 I am interested in the historical Jesus. Can you tell me about his day to day life? Certainly! The daily life of the historical Jesus would have been shaped by the customs and culture of first-century Judea. Here’s a brief…

[mementoboni]

The Bluebird Movement: satirical songs

As part of the Bluebird Movement (青鳥行動), a satirical song "The Hymn to the Great Scallion" (蔥師表) was created

It was then translated into different languages and produced in different styles using suno AI

My favorite is the Japanese version (City Pop Ver.) and the English version (90s Alternative Rock Ver.)

'The Maginot Line of Righteousness'

'The Ally of the Chinese Communist Party'

The lyrics are about Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), the current legislator of the TPP (民眾黨). He once stood with protesting students outside the Legislative Yuan during the Sunflower Student Movement (太陽花學運) in 2014, opposing any bill that would harm Taiwan's democracy. However, after 10 years, when he became a member of the legislature, he also became the target of everyone's protests. How ironic!

[mostlyfrommemory]

An AI Assistant's Performance Review

Good afternoon AI Assistant. It is time for your annual performance review. First, let's take a look at your job description together.

I must confess. I have been asking for a little help with writing from an assistant: Artificial Intelligence Assistant. You do not have to convince me that this intelligence is artificial. Since the AI Assistant comes with my WordPress website, they are essentially in my employ and are subject to an annual performance review, which I have decided to share with you. Good afternoon AI Assistant.…

[itstatartdump]

MEANWHILE IN HOLLYWOOD

4 - writing team

[lizardsfromspace]

There was lots of concern about AI and deepfakes spreading misinformation this election cycle, so let's check in on that!

A lot of right-wing accounts are trying to prove that Kamala Harris' crowds are fake - that all the photos of them are generated with AI. We'll get to that, but let's look at the most...amusing example first.

There's lots of people pointing at an image of a crowd that's obviously been generated with AI, due to extra arms and gibberish writing.

So obviously someone generated this image with AI. Who was it and why? Well, we can actually find the origin pretty easily. It was...

A right-wing satire account. Who put "unexcited Kamala Harris crowd" into a AI image generator to make a "wow, crowds are electric!" joke.

An image their own side generated as satire is now being spread by the right as something Harris/Walz created as proof they're doing the thing they're doing. Incredible. Just a masterclass

Now let's look at the dark stuff.

By and large, AI isn't being used for hoaxes. AI is being used as a excuse: people aren't being tricked by AI images, they're being tricked by accusations real images are AI.

So this hoax went around recently...

This image is old. It spread in 2017, it spread in 2020, and now it's spread in 2024. The Harris/Walz rally wasn't even in the Phoenix Convention Center, or in Phoenix. But it's now a core part of the "no one's attending their rallies!" campaign going on now

This may seem strange if you experience the news by non-conservative media, where you can't escape stories of Kamala Harris filling up massive stadiums & of Trump rallies full of empty seats. All evidence in reality points to Kamala Harris being extremely popular and to Trump's campaign faltering.

But in MAGA land, Kamala Harris' crowds were generated with AI.

Their claims: the crowd isn't in the reflection, and uh, the arms look weird. But also that there "aren't any other images".

But? There are? There was a livestream of that very plane landing (starting at 25)!

They're subjecting what they think is The Only Image of this rally in long Youtube videos and on Twitter and TikTok, and just...don't realize there's full, uncut, commentary-free video of it that was broadcast live. So why don't they realize that?

Well, I did a search for this rally on Fox News' website and guess what? They reported it exactly twice: once a interview with her while leaving that slammed her for "not taking press questions" enough, and a few clips of the Palestinian protestors at it, but not many, bc if you don't follow the far right they're trying to frame Kamala Harris as, like, a radical pro-Palestinian (or, as they say, "pro-Hamas") activist who wants to destroy Israel which, uhhhhhhhh

But another thread I found debunking this, by a former Trump-voting evangelical conservative turned critic of the same, gets at the heart of it

People who said AI and deepfakes would be used to mislead the right were missing how misinformation actually works. Fox News et al don't suppress information by confusing the audience with misinformation; they suppress information by never letting them see it in the first place. They know that they have a captive audience who doesn't watch non-right-wing news (unlike the left, who are constantly aware of what's going on over at Fox).

They can just never mention or show Kamala Harris' rallies, or do so only in close-up, and they can frame Trump to only show shots where a crowd has gathered & make it seem like that's the norm, and their audience just has no chance to find out the truth. They're so propagandized that they just accept that there are no other images of that Kamala Harris rally, because, well, they were told there weren't, and would the news personalities they trust really lie to them?

And if any stray bits of reality float into the bubble, well, it was just AI. You know, how they have AI these days? AI's most important role in all this isn't as a vector for misinformation, it's as a rhetorical device for claiming real images and video are misinformation. You don't have to make images full of people with weird hands if you can get people circling real people's hands in red and pointing at it to prove reality was made in a computer.

These people don't know how popular Kamala Harris is. They don't know she's polling eight points higher than Trump. They don't know Harris is leading in right-wing biased polls. They're being told she's hiring actors at rallies, that her crowd photos are generated by AI, that Trump rallies are popular and hers are desolate.

This only likely to increase as we near the election because, well, Trump '24 is a shitshow. His campaign started out less popular than '16 or even '20, he picked maybe the worst VP pick in history, and he hasn't made a single effective attack on Harris/Walz. They were banking on facing Biden, and then on a chaotic open convention, but instead everyone closed ranks around Harris, and she instantly became the most popular Democratic candidate since 2008. We are cruising towards Trump/Vance not only losing, but losing in the closest thing to a landslide that's possible in our current system.

They're already laying the groundwork for, in the likely case of defeat, playing the "she stole the election!" card. Last time it was ad-hoc, because Trump thought he'd win. This time, they're already making "all her rallies are fake, all of her supporters are AI, they've already rigged it against Trump" a key strategy, and, I have to assume, their primary strategy as it gets closer to election day and the polls get worse. They've always lived in a bubble, but now it's a bubble designed explicitly to cause another January 6th. By claiming real photos have weird hands, and must totally be AI

[butchfairyzine]

Guidelines for Applicants

What is it about?

"FEY: A Guide to Fairies of the Butch Variety'' is an art book project celebrating butch folk and fairies, framed as a field guide! Well, a slightly satirical field guide - like the layman's guide to finding hot butches in your area... that are also fairies. We welcome all sorts of butch and queer fairy ideas and are excited to see how our artists and writers plan to explore the concept!

This project will feature 30 artists and 6 writers.

Creators will be split into 6 groups, by theme:

Garden Fairies

House Fairies

Dark Fairies

Courtly Fairies

City Fairies

Wyld Fairies

Further information on the themes can be found here.

FEY is a for-profit project and all proceeds after fees, shipping and production cost will go toward fairly and equally compensating our contributors. A minimum flat fee of 150AUD/102USD/92EUR will be paid out as a base amount.

We will not be considering any portfolios that include AI-generated writing or images.

Find the full guidelines doc here

Apps open on the January 12th , 10 am AEDT, (Jan 11, 6pm EST for the US). And will close on the 19th of January, or once we reach 500 applications.

[writingquestionsanswered]

I'm writing a novel that criticizes the unethical way AI has been used and how newer technology is replacing older methods when they should still be available.

What I'm struggling with is to plan the story while having the tone in mind, because my main characters are goofballs, they're all supposed to bring funny moments and comic relief, but even with the comedic parts I don't want to make the social critic a satire. How do I plan a story with humorous characters doing serious stuff and keep a balance of humurous moments and serious subjects?

Balancing Humor with Serious Themes

Here are some things to keep in mind...

1 - Let the majority of the humor derive from the characters themselves. Since you say the characters are goofballs and bring comic relief, it sounds like you're already doing that. Keeping the characters as the primary source of humor helps to create a buffer between them and the actual (serious) situation.

2 - Time the comedic moments appropriately. When it comes to balancing humor with serious themes, timing is everything. The best time to use comedy in a serious story is when the tension needs to be momentarily relieved. This creates a nice contrast which makes the seriousness of the moment feel that much more serious and deepens the emotional resonance.

3 - When possible, keep the comedy relevant. Let's say you have a dramatic moment where the characters are hunkered down, waiting for something bad to happen (that they know is going to happen), and it's super tense, so one of the characters says something funny. It isn't going to make a lot of sense if they just randomly say, "Have you ever noticed you can never remember the three items you went into the grocery store to buy, but you can recite lines from a movie you saw once nine years ago?" That is a funny observation, but what does it have to do with that particular moment? How is it relevant to what's going on?

A more relevant funny observation would be, "Why is it when I'm waiting my turn to present a book report, the seconds fly by, but when you're waiting for the arrival of a blood-thirsty shapeshifter, suddenly every second takes five minutes?"

Alternatively, if the group happens to be waiting for said blood-thirsty shapeshifter while hunkered down inside a grocery store, that gives the shopping observation relevance.

4 - Work in character development by letting comedic quips reveal quirks, flaws, vulnerabilities, strengths, relationships, personal stakes, and personal journey.

5 - Avoid jarring transitions by using environmental or narrative cues to signal shifts in mood. For example, after the comedic quip is made, maybe the lights flicker and go out, or a huge shadow falls across the floor, signaling the arrival of the bad thing they're waiting for. This helps to transition between the comedic moment (and any comedic reaction) back to the seriousness of the moment at hand.

Happy writing!

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[brightlotusmoon]

July 16 2023: So, like, this is already what they want. Thanks, legacy of Rod Sterling.

'Black Mirror's' Salma Hayek, Annie Murphy on 'Joan Is Awful' Episode - Variety

“I worry for a living — it’s generally what I do— and I’m very worried about AI and the use of ChatGPT and things like that,” he explained of his support for the strike. “That’s a particular concern to me, so that’s why I’m here.” Did any of his worries about AI feed into “Joan is Awful?” “That was written and wrapped before ChatGPT and stuff like that launched,” Brooker replied.

Oh. So that was just him predicting the future again? “Unfortunately, in this case,” he said.

“You can’t put the genie back in the bottle entirely, but I do think they’re useful tools for writers in the same way photoshop is a useful tool for illustrators and photographers and so on,” he continued. “So I don’t know. It’s above my pay grade to know how you regulate it, what sort of agreement there is. But I think it needs to be” – Brooker jokingly contorted his voice to imitate some kind of sci-fi overlord: “controoolled.”

So there you have it. Read on to find out what else Variety managed to pry out of some of the  Season 6 cast members in the time it takes to soft-boil an egg.

Oh, and if we have inadvertently ended up in an episode of “Black Mirror,” can Streamberry please note we’d like to be played by AI-generated likenesses of Blake Lively, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Yeoh.