New NC political ad draws criticism for using AI-generated images WSOC TV [Video]

NORTH CAROLINA — A new political ad may look like Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for North Carolina governor. The ad might sound like him too, but you can quickly tell that something’s off.

“I’m an ordinary person, just like you. And I have 10 fingers and toes, just like you,” Robinson says in the ad.

That’s before he holds up his hands, revealing he has too many fingers, one of the common signs of an image created using artificial intelligence.

Channel 9′s Evan Donovan spoke with the creator of the AI political ad. It just started running across the state Tuesday.

The ad arrives in an age where voters have trouble believing the real things politicians have actually said. It uses references to statements Mark Robinson has said or written, but they’re delivered by the AI-generated version of him.

“It’s something that just helps us make our ads more …