AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyAt first glance, the scuffle in the video seems shocking. A New York City school principal, waving a bat, stops masked ICE agents from trying to enter the building behind her, and instead of violence, the encounter erupts with cheers from onlookers. “Let me show you why they call me bat girl,” she says to them. In other clips like it, a server flings a bowl of hot noodles at two officers dining at a Chinese restaurant, and a shop owner flexes her Fourth Amendment rights. None of the encounters end in bloodshed.The videos, equal parts tense and bombastic, are also clearly AI-generated. They are part of a constellation of anti-ICE AI content that is spreading across social media as the federal occupation of…
