Gary Marcus was able in a social media debate to demonstrate that in four minutes using his company's templates and AI-generated images, he could create a completely authentic-looking but entirely false news story about Antifa causing January 6th, showing that the tools for large-scale misinformation production are already available.

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Gary Marcus

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in like four minutes he could make a fake story about like antifa protesters cause the January 6th thing... it looked completely authentic

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The Trouble with AI: A Conversation with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus (Episode #312)Sam Harris
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:51:56 AM

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