I've been exploring how easy it is for bad actors to use VEO 3 text to video generation to spread disinformation in a crisis. With the Iran war in the news, these kinds of AI videos could potentially fuel a crisis if they were to go viral at the wrong moment.
William Langewiesche:
“Writing is thinking; writing is a form of thought,” he said. “It’s difficult for me to believe that real thought is possible without writing.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/b...
San Diego: Residents are getting ticketed in their own driveways because their modern-sized cars are longer than their 1950s-built driveways and the cars are sticking out onto the sidewalk.
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/c...
Over 156 million Americans voted in the 2024 presidential election.
election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general...
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
Stores in a mall (assuming people remember what a mall is)
“Our presidential election is not really democracy, it is costly bureaucracy,” said Mr. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman. “Mr. Putin will be re-elected next year with more than 90 percent of the vote.” Okay then.
Completely agree. And for most news orgs, that’s standard.
But I can tell you - as someone who has responded to literally 1000s of comments from news viewers - many don’t agree and find it disrespectful to drop the title.
It’s so common that I have a pre-prepped response to send these viewers.
