The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”

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A couple of things.

First, your link is outdated: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/2022-election-polling-accuracy/

Yes, 2020 was a bad year, but last year was actually a very good year. Basically what you are saying is that “4 years ago polls were bad, so that allows me to just believe whatever I want.”

Second, if you believe you have no metric by which to measure something, the correct thought is “I’m not sure what the answer is” not “what I think is true must be true.”

Plus, don’t believe it was missed that you just outright ignored the whole part of your post that this is some conspiracy, of course thrown out there with zero evidence.

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Basically what you are saying is that “4 years ago polls were bad, so that allows me to just believe whatever I want.”

How on Earth am I saying that?

Second, if you believe you have no metric by which to measure something, the correct thought is “I’m not sure what the answer is” not “what I think is true must be true.”

Have you met the average Fox viewer?

Plus, don’t believe it was missed that you just outright ignored the whole part of your post that this is some conspiracy, of course thrown out there with zero evidence.

Conservative media not giving a shit about the truth isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a fact. Hence Fox having to pay a billion dollars to Dominion.

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How on Earth am I saying that?

Sorry I got it wrong. What exactly are you saying with that point?

Have you met the average Fox viewer?

What does the average Fox viewer have to do with you and your point?

Conservative media not giving a shit about the truth isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a fact. Hence Fox having to pay a billion dollars to Dominion.

Wait, now we are just talking about conservative media? I thought we were talking about the media wanting you to think there was actually a race?

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Yes, I was just talking about conservative media. The media as a whole loves a horse race, but they aren’t generally willing to lie to get it.

That said, polls right now are all over the place, which does put the media in general in a good place because a contentious election means more viewers.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/

But that’s not a conspiracy, that’s just capitalism- an exciting election equals more news viewers equals higher advertising rates. Would, say, CBS news lie about the polls to achieve that? I doubt it. Would Fox? Absolutely.

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