Conservative lawmakers are calling an AI-generated advertisement created in support of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt “maybe the best political ad of the year.”
AI filmmaker Charles Curran shared the Batman-inspired ad Tuesday, depicting a version of Los Angeles resembling Gotham City and ruled by holier-than-thou aristocrats in 16th-century wigs. The video showed Gov. Gavin Newsom ea...
The narrative surrounding this advertisement demonstrates a pattern of leveraging sensational, fictionalized media and AI technology to achieve political impact. The structure of the narrative relies heavily on emotional exploitation, specifically weaponized humor, provocative juxtapositions (e.g., mixing political figures with mob rule and superhero tropes), and moral panic surrounding social issues like homelessness and migration. The use of AI, while framed as innovation by some, introduces a...