George Will is one of the best, even emblematic, of the old school journalists. He actually knows things and communicates them clearly and crisply.
His is the clearest summary of the mess we are in that I have heard. Here in Mexico I can see exactly what he is speaking of. The assumptions underlying our new regime of whimsical tariffs are at least a century out of date, and deeply disturbing because nowadays capital can move with overnight rapidity.
Mexican capital and politics is shifting away from dependence on or trust in the USA in a major way.
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George Will has been one of my favorite essayists for decades.
I’m very troubled when a description of a video says, “The content is inspired by George Will’s public statements and economic theories for educational purposes only, using a synthesized voice that does not belong to him.
We use visual lip-syncing and dubbed narration to match spoken words with on-screen footage. This is done purely to enhance clarity, create a cinematic experience, and make complex economic topics engaging for viewers.”
It doesn’t say that the lip-synced George Will is reading Mr. Will’s actual words. It’s impossible to tell whether the “enhanced clarity” script is the same as Mr. Will’s. There’s no need to “enhance” Mr. Will’s writings since they are very clear exactly as written.
The fabricator of this video could have made it with his own face but he chose to piggyback on the respect that Mr. Will deservedly has with the public.
What would happen if Mr. Will were to see this video and say, “Wait a minute. I never said that! I want you to remove it immediately.” ???
This is done purely to enhance clarity, create a cinematic experience, and make complex economic topics engaging for viewers. Our aim is to amplify the original message, making it easier to understand for the end consumer.
So what’s wrong with just reading his statements, in context, with exposition, and prologue e.g. “As the great George F Will has said ….” the way people do when they say: “As FDR once said: We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Why the need to fake it? And putting a disclaimer on it is not the point. The palming off of a synthetic creation as a real speech is the point. And eventually these earnest disclaimers will no longer be de rigeuer because: “Everybody knows” everything is AI nowadays so why bother?
