This is why you should ALWAYS fact-check info for yourself before you pass it on.
Obviously, if you have a large media presence, it's much more humiliating to have your ass handed to you than it is if only 20 people saw you reposting fake stuff.
FWIW, there is a lot of conflicting evidence in the threads under his post, such as some indicating that the puppy pic was in fact generated. A bit of back and forth. The thing is, we shouldn't simply jump to or accept conclusions because they fit neatly into our biases. Its far too easy to let one's opinion of Shaprio to just accept the "this is ai generated" narrative without further examination.
I doubt if any of us can know for certain at this point. What we can be confident of, however, is that there is a massive psyop underway to polarize people and escalate the war situation. (Well, I'm pretty confident of that, anyway.)
I 100% agree that people (on all sides) are trying to escalate the situation and are using tactics such as this photo (real or not) to enrage people and get them to respond violently.
This is why you should ALWAYS fact-check info for yourself before you pass it on.
Obviously, if you have a large media presence, it's much more humiliating to have your ass handed to you than it is if only 20 people saw you reposting fake stuff.
FWIW, there is a lot of conflicting evidence in the threads under his post, such as some indicating that the puppy pic was in fact generated. A bit of back and forth. The thing is, we shouldn't simply jump to or accept conclusions because they fit neatly into our biases. Its far too easy to let one's opinion of Shaprio to just accept the "this is ai generated" narrative without further examination.
I doubt if any of us can know for certain at this point. What we can be confident of, however, is that there is a massive psyop underway to polarize people and escalate the war situation. (Well, I'm pretty confident of that, anyway.)
I 100% agree that people (on all sides) are trying to escalate the situation and are using tactics such as this photo (real or not) to enrage people and get them to respond violently.