AI (Artificial Intelligence) can be used for many things, including the creation of computer-imagined art. Software was blamed for one of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speeches during 2023, prompting an investigation by The Presidency.
What happens when President Cyril Ramaphosa’s name gets fed into an artificial intelligence art generator – like this one?
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One of our journalists was curious about what would take place.
Here are the results of combining politics with artificial intelligence, and what it means for artists and authors.
AI generated art
AI can be used to generate what looks like new art, but which actually uses algorithms to put together ‘found’ pieces from the rest of the internet.
The user enters a short prompt, usually containing just a few sentences, and the software does everything else.
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Technology like this has been used to create everything from Elvis-themed versions of Barbie Girl to manipulated news images that were passed off as real.
Can you believe it?
AI remagines RAMAPHOSA as KAIZER CHIEFS player
Watch as a computerised image reimagines President Cyril Ramaphosa as a Kaizer Chiefs player.
Technology behind AI can be used to combine anything with almost anything else.
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The example uses AI to picture Cyril Ramaphosa as a Kaizer Chiefs player. Even though it looks pretty real, it’s not authentic.
There are many things artificial intelligence can do, and this is an example of one of them.
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It can make it more important for writers, journalists, and photographers to know what computerized images look like. Would you have been fooled?
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