Pittsburgh’s Public Source investigates the uptick of Mister Rogers deepfakes permeating the social internet:

Lobbing curse-laden insults with TV’s famously serene painter Bob Ross. Cracking jokes about school shootings. Being escorted in handcuffs by federal authorities. No, it couldn’t be Pittsburgh’s beloved icon Mister Rogers — the picture of moral clarity and togetherness. But it sure looks and sounds like him. What gives?

Show me one useful, positive output from these deepfake engines. I’ll wait. What value do they contribute to our lives? How do they improve the world? Again, I’ll wait.

These image and video generators are the bottom feeders of this AI bubble. They provide no respectable use and no societal value. They are detrimental theft machines.