Until I see Mitch McConnell in person, speaking, I will not believe any of these reports of 20 minute phonecalls...

[kentuck]

Trump and the Republicans will do anything they can get away with, and that is about anything they can think of.

We have seen AI audios of Bill Clinton that sounded so real, it would have been hard to tell it was AI if it had not been branded as such.

What's to prevent them from producing a 20-minute audio with canned responses to different issues? It would not be that difficult to do.

But why would Republicans even think of doing something like that?

Because of their slim majority in the Senate and also, Kentucky has a Democratic Governor that will name the next Senator if McConnell is no longer with us,

It may sound "off the wall" but I think it is very possible they would try something like that, even if he was dead.

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. I think they're capable of anything

[Attilatheblond]

2. Sadly, there will probably be such a 'proof of life' video soon and most will buy it, hook, line, and sinker

AI is gonna be the best tool liars, cheats, and megalomaniacs ever got their grubby mitts on.

'IN PERSON' is the key, but how do we pull that off?

Data centers taking our water and food producing lands so people with power can have more power? The road to ruin and maybe eventual extinction. AI is already putting too much power in the wrong hands. What basic propaganda does to many over time will now be done to most within minutes.

Glad I am old and not long for this world. Whatever is ahead for the soul might be daunting, but the change might be refreshing.

[kentuck]

3. Amen to that!

They love their AI.

[hamsterjill]

7. I told someone last night that if reincarnation is real...

I damn sure don't want to come back again. I think my soul is ready for the next chapter.

I agree with all that you stated in your post. The future doesn't look especially promising, does it?

[Attilatheblond]

9. Since we don't KNOW if/how it works, let's ponder the possibility that we might show up on a different world

among a population with a higher percentage of higher standards.

[hamsterjill]

11. I like that attitude!!!!

As Betty White always told the story about her mother saying when someone dies, "now they know the secret".

[31j20b3]

4. Until I see him LIVE. I am not going in for an AI replica

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Moronotronic

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tp0vfiOX-pc

[QueerDuck]

6. You're not alone.

They are lying.

[hamsterjill]

8. They are hiding something, and we all know it.

How many 84-year old men have any of us known who suffered a cardiac arrest, and came out perfectly fine? Even WITH the best medical care available, which I'm sure McConnell had available. There are limits to what the human body can endure.

[Ars Longa]

10. How long was he unconsious? How long was his heart stopped for?

How long was he not breathing?
It does not take very long for (at least) brain
damage to set in, if not death -especially at age 84!!