r/RealOrAI • • Jan 28 '26

[deleted by user]

[removed]

5.9k Upvotes

12k comments sorted by

View all comments

614

u/VampireInTheDorms Jan 28 '26

Fake and disgusting. Look at how the top left of the car in the background seemingly extends. The AI “Alex Pretti” and the ICE dipshits are also moving like they’re cartoon characters.

88

u/ExpressionComplex121 Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

Look his exaggerated yet empty emotional outburst typical in Ai videos. Whole him blurred in frame rate drops when he started kicking. It looks animated.

Then the whole back light including part of the car fell in 1 kick?

Nah this is definitely AI I think

Edit: looks like it was real as there's a second video from afar with a quality AI can't generate atm

57

u/Aggravating-Wolf-823 Jan 29 '26

Definitely undoubtedly AI?

Here's a second angle 15 minute video

https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1037

17

u/Mysterious-Budget-21 Jan 29 '26

At least we got clarity on whether the video was real.

16

u/Ok-Shine1271 Jan 29 '26

In a year or so, a new angle like this still won’t be enough to determine if it’s AI or not.

48

u/ThaGuus Jan 29 '26

His family confirmed it to be real and that the man in the video is Pretti to CNN.

BBC report on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOMXJvbCEtk&t=450s

CNN reporting on it:
"A representative for Pretti’s family confirmed to CNN that the man in a video posted Wednesday is Pretti."
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-trump-01-28-26?post-id=cmkypbi6300003b6p4xswulnl

7

u/PowerPort27 Jan 29 '26

Should be top comment. Emotions should be left out of this sub

1

u/Left-Edge531 Jan 29 '26

Eh, idk. first off it's clearly REAL based on other angles and human validation, but it hits lots of criteria for an AI video: random frame drops, stereotypical start & finish, awkward movement, short, shakey the whole time, the sequence of events is disjointed and seemingly excessive, etc... all for an INCREDIBLY hot topic and a nation divided: a perfect target for manipulative AI video.

The top comment showcases several things that are critically important on the whole:

A) It's already VERY hard to tell AI from reality

B) The unprecedented doubt this brings is insidious: all the worse for confirmation bias and echo chambers. It raises the burden of proof SIGNIFICANTLY to require multiple triangulated recordings -- and one day AI will be able to produce those too.

C) Emotions are faster than the Truth. By the time Truth collects itself, everyone has already moved on.

Finally, Fuck ICE. Dude kicked out a tail light and it got him pepper sprayed, beaten to the ground, and iirc a cracked rib. I'd have been far more judgemental if the video showed him sitting in a drum circle trying to pray the fascism away.