Ugh. The fake right-wing Māori influencer account isn't a new thing, but this fakery, eagerly shopped by NZCPR, seems like an escalation. A whole AI-driven persona, who votes Act. - ThreadSky

publicaddress.bsky.social • 78 days ago

Ugh. The fake right-wing Māori influencer account isn't a new thing, but this fakery, eagerly shopped by NZCPR, seems like an escalation. A whole AI-driven persona, who votes Act.

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twelveplusone.bsky.social•78 days ago

also, “Principals Bill” 🤣

hroethgar.bsky.social•78 days ago

I guess it’s a logical extension of their view that houses get votes in local body elections. Now, fake online personalities need to vote!

greenbirdo.bsky.social•77 days ago

NZCPR people are such ranters. It's like they can't fathom why people are upset.

purpleouma.bsky.social•78 days ago

Wonder what @Ngāpuhi think about this bs

publicaddress.bsky.social•78 days ago

The account on X was apparently created in March last year, but there are no tweets showing until this year, so earlier experiments may have been scrubbed. The tone is quite uneven, but most of it is attempted satire or weird promo for Act.

publicaddress.bsky.social•78 days ago

Also, yes, my pics are AI-generated fakes, but I'm a real Māori person! People like Cameron Slater have even had voice memos from me, which totally proves it.

acidcorbyn.bsky.social•78 days ago

“May I suggest you contact some of the least trustworthy people in the country for third-party verification on a platform where I could trivially post video or audio myself”

publicaddress.bsky.social•78 days ago

Hater.

rustyroj.bsky.social•78 days ago

Reminds me of this classic from American congressman Dean Brown, only I imagine using an Ai bot limits the likely hood of the slip up, probably

publicaddress.bsky.social•78 days ago

Some text from this one reads like AI, some doesn't. But the persona is definitely built on those fake AI images.

rustyroj.bsky.social•78 days ago

It reads to me as someone feeding writing into an LLM to generate the posts. I doubt it’s from a political party but more likely from vff or similar given the cooker references

dialogcrm.bsky.social•78 days ago

In theory those moko can be read by others. Likely that they may be copied from an actual source or they could be complete nonsense. Whatever the designs are there will be some clues there.

dpdiver.bsky.social•78 days ago

It’s weird how his moko changes significantly between two photos!

jessieirving.bsky.social•77 days ago

So which one of these three do we think is running the account?

publicaddress.bsky.social•77 days ago

At a guess, Anderson. He seems that sort of fuckwit.

kumararepublic.bsky.social•77 days ago

Breaking news:
https://bsky.app/profile/taipo.bsky.social/post/3lhuluw2juk27

cybogoblin.bsky.social•78 days ago

Ahh yes, that famously trustworthy source *checks notes* Cameron Slater.

meaculpability.bsky.social•77 days ago

When I suggested to Matua Bullpaki, that in order to middle finger all those calling him a fraud, I know a real journalist that is willing to interview him to prove his authenticity. Next minute blocked.

peakyblinder.bsky.social•77 days ago

I came across that account a couple of days ago & it looked dodgy straight away. A few seconds scrolling made it really obvious it was fake, but the amount of ACT types desperate to believe they had a real actual live maori friend who agreed with their racism was quite unnerving.

sgowsmith1988.bsky.social•78 days ago

Been a thing for a while but in this environment defs worth a story I would reckon.

sanjanah.bsky.social•77 days ago

Correct.

cybogoblin.bsky.social•78 days ago

It's possible to be tricked into thinking this is real... right up till you see that user pic with the fried food.

I hope this hasn't come from within the party. Does Seymour have his own coterie of tweenage radicals like 'Big Balls'?

supergoofnz.bsky.social•77 days ago

I could almost believe it's one of the many TPU tentacles. They certainly like setting up astro-turf organisations for their endless circle-jerk.

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