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highplainsdem

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5. Your posts are good without adding AI images, though. I keep hoping DU will get more liberals from other

Reply to usonian (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:38 PM

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platforms, and I've seen how much AI-generated images and videos turn off liberals on Bluesky, Reddit and X.

Blueskyers even condemned the president of the American Federation of Teachers for posting an AI-generated video as "fun." Some of the hundreds of angry, almost disbelieving responses said she'd disqualified herself as a teachers union head by showing so little respect for the people harmed by AI, and so little concern for all the harm it does, including to education.

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Can DU provide us with .html code with which we can indicate that an illustration we're posting is fake? [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP

This is something that, in theory, might not be too difficult to implement... EarlG Thursday #1

Perhaps a robot emoji justaprogressive Thursday #2

Don't post fakes Srkdqltr Thursday #3

There is software out there or in development that tries to detect fakes, but usonian Thursday #4

Your posts are good without adding AI images, though. I keep hoping DU will get more liberals from other highplainsdem Thursday #5

Here's an example. mahatmakanejeeves Friday #6