Trump Admits To Using 'Great' AI-Generated Speech; Warns Future Job Losses For Speechwriters

Former President Donald Trump thinks speechwriters may soon find themselves replaced by artificial intelligence (AI).

During a recent chat with Logan Paul on the YouTube personality's "Impaulsive" podcast, Trump revealed that he was so impressed by an AI-generated speech that he used it for an event, though he did not say which one.

According to the ex-POTUS, he had one of his speeches "rewritten by AI" with the help of "one of the top people" in the field.

"He said, 'Oh, you're gonna make a speech? Yeah?' He goes, click, click, click, and like, 15 seconds later, he shows me my speech that's written that's great, so beautifully," Trump said without naming the individual. "I said, 'I'm gonna use this.'"

Trump went on to praise how fast AI churned out an "unbelievable" speech, which he claimed was so good he wanted to tell his speechwriter, "You're fired!"

The Republican 2024 presidential candidate -- who has continued his campaign after being convicted in his hush-money trial -- predicted that speechwriters may soon be out of jobs as AI continues to gain popularity.

"One industry I think that will be gone are these wonderful speechwriters," Trump suggested. "I've never seen anything like it, and so quickly. A matter of literally minutes, it's done. It's a little bit scary."

But while he believes AI is a "powerful" tool that can "be really used for good," Trump also noted that it comes with its own problems and dangers, such as deepfakes.

Trump told Paul that he'd seen a deepfake video of him that looked eerily real.

He recalled that the voice and the way the lips moved with every word had been so "perfect" that he couldn't tell it was fake.

Trump emphasized that deepfakes are particularly "dangerous" if they're used to imitate world leaders like the U.S. president.

He described a potential scenario in which a deepfake of the president announces a nuclear strike on another country, and it provokes a "counterattack" from the foreign power.

Trump said he asked Elon Musk if there was a way for the foreign leader in this scenario to verify the authenticity of the video.

Musk reportedly responded, "There is no way."

This comes months after Trump accused Democrats of using AI to hurt his reputation.

"The Hur Report was revealed today! A disaster for Biden, a two tiered standard of justice," Trump wrote on Truth Social media in March. "Artificial Intelligence was used by them against me in their videos of me. Can't do that Joe!"

Trump was referring to montages of Trump's gaffes and memory lapses that were played during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

However, as noted by the Washington Post, there is no proof that the videos -- which were compilations of clips from Trump's past speeches and interviews -- were doctored using AI.

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