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Kennah

(14,554 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:08 PM Thursday

The British Empire's Final Mistake -- America Is Repeating It by 2026

This was timed well and aged well.

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The British Empire's Final Mistake -- America Is Repeating It by 2026 (Original Post) Kennah Thursday OP
AI Be Leave On Thursday #1
Altered or synthetic content Ms. Toad Thursday #2
This isn't AI slop. It's almost certainly human written with visuals specified frame by frame to match the narration. hedda_foil Yesterday #3
Click on the altered or synthetic content (upper left corner) Ms. Toad Yesterday #5
Didn't watch the video but what's happening here isn't a mistake JI7 Yesterday #4
The video is AI, but the facts are correct. Kennah 23 hrs ago #6

Ms. Toad

(38,308 posts)
2. Altered or synthetic content
Thu Jan 8, 2026, 11:56 PM
Thursday

"Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated."

hedda_foil

(16,906 posts)
3. This isn't AI slop. It's almost certainly human written with visuals specified frame by frame to match the narration.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 12:16 AM
Yesterday

The points it makes are also historically correct.

Ms. Toad

(38,308 posts)
5. Click on the altered or synthetic content (upper left corner)
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:15 AM
Yesterday

It will open up a panel which said exactly what put in my post.

Once you bring AI into the picture, unless you are fact checking every assertion in it, there is no way to tell when the AI bot has included something entirely made up.

There's enough AI slop around that threatens to weaken out grasp on reality that I'm at least going to point it out when I see it. Sounds like EarlG may be coming up a more effective solution

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