This is a real “AI” ad from the US government about the end of the mandatory use of the auto start-stop.

This is from the official Whitehouse Instagram.

Only things I can see that gives it away that the video is generated is the red car’s brake lights being on while accelerating. The obvious stereotypes of bule haired lesbians vs the blonde.

Also they have no insignias on the cars but that’s definitely a Prius and idk what the red car is, the red car might not exist in real life.

Spoting generated videos is going to get harder. However if it’s obvious propaganda from the state then you should be suspicious.

It’s impressive for generated video even though it is stupid as fuck. I won’t get too in the weeds about why this is stupid as the point of the post is more about the use of AI in state sponsored propaganda.

Just to get it out of the way, here is why this is a stupid policy:

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  • 0ops@piefed.zip
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    5 天前

    the majority of engine wear in passenger automobiles occurs at startup.

    Cold startup. Oil temps don’t instantly drop the second the engine shuts off. The only real additional wear is on the starter, flywheel, and battery, but then every auto start system I’ve heard of is overbuilt specifically to deal with that.

    Also, during auto stop, the catalytic converter cools down a bit, so emissions go up.

    The car’s not emitting at all when it’s stopped. Any emissions prevented by idling to keep the cat hot are dwarfed by what was emited to…do nothing except keep the cat hot. It’s like spending $5 to save $1.

    Look buddy I don’t even like auto-stop and my car’s too old to have it anyway, but this is misinformation

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      you had me at overbuilt. Since thats the system that like to die I would be psyched at a vehicle having it hardened.