After the assassination of Hamas Yahya Sinwar, many AI-generated images and videos of his final moments were released, and legions of pro-Sinwar commentators online were wondering how to create a quick and smooth image of the new hero. Provided.
One short video shows the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar fighting with an AK-47 in the rubble of Gaza, single-handedly holding off Israeli tanks and infantry.
Another image shows him sitting in a chair with an American M-16 next to him. Another photo shows Sinwar, as a comic book superhero, jumping into battle with a rifle in hand, reminiscent of the covers of Marvel’s X-Force comic books from the early 1990s.
Shinwar fan
These hagiographical scenes are the product of an AI technological revolution that has provided an army of pro-Sinwar critics online with new ways to quickly and fluidly create images of new heroes.
It is worth noting that worship of Sinwar is relatively new in these circles. Many of those who have come to worship Sinwar have only done so since the October 7 massacre. Some of them have come to worship him for the first time since he was killed last week. This is a unique phenomenon where people adopt new heroes.
However, the heroes they want to recruit are not the ones that actually exist in the real story of Sinwar’s life.
There are several well-known photos and videos of the former Hamas leader, including one in which he is seen posing with a child while holding a gun, and another in which he is seen sitting on a chair among the ruins several years ago. There is. The image is uncannily consistent with how Sinwar actually met his end, sitting in a chair and swinging a stick at a drone.
Another authentic photo shows Sinwar awkwardly pulling a gun from his pants. None of the actual images or videos of Sinwar are such that they can be used to romanticize him. Because he is neither heroic nor romantic.
History of Shinwar
He turned to violence and murder from a relatively young age. He assumed leadership of Hamas through the murder of a Palestinian who accused Hamas of collaborating. In an Israeli prison, he said he wanted to kill more people. Released in Gaza, he quickly returned to extremism.
Sinwar didn’t lead a particularly glamorous life. For supporters of the Palestinian “cause,” he is one of the main people responsible for destroying and isolating Gaza and undermining the idea of a two-state solution.
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His whole life was against peace and building institutions for the Palestinian people. For the pro-Palestinian crowd, this may have been awkward in the past, as they were pretending to support two states.
Since October 7, the pro-Palestinian crowd has changed and become more extreme. They are also joined by far-left and far-right fraudsters abroad who have adopted this cause solely out of hatred for Jews and support for the October 7th massacre.
But they want to package their new hero, Sinwar, with an image that is loved.
AI-generated content
AI-generated videos and images are now helping these people. Evidence that these images were generated by AI comes from their apparent inconsistency, as well as their sleek appearance.
For example, some images show Shinwar equipped with an M-4 or M-16 style rifle, although these types of rifles are rare in Gaza but not in the West Bank, where they are trafficked from abroad. more common.
One image shows Sinwar wearing a military backpack and holding what appears to be an M-4 style rifle, his arms bulging as if he just came out of the gym after a day of toning his biceps. It shows the situation. The real Shinwar was skinny and didn’t have big biceps. Most of his time was spent in the basement rather than in the gym. The AI-generated image increases Shinwar’s volume, possibly adding 50 pounds to his body.
Then, in the comic book Sinwar, he is depicted holding a rifle and jumping through flames. In this case, the rifle may be some kind of modified AK with a front grip. Here Sinwar again looks healthier than before and charges into battle wearing a tactical vest with additional ammunition.
One photo shows Sinwar sitting on a chair in the abandoned house where he met his end. However, in this image, Sinwar is sitting upright, holding a seemingly ordinary-looking rifle by the barrel.
The rifle itself appears to have a lower assembly that comes from some sort of standard idea of what a rifle should look like, but is actually probably depicting a Vietnam-era French MAS-49 . Another image depicts Sinwar, who appears to be a bronze or copper sculpture, sitting on a couch holding an M-16 style rifle. He also appears to have a bandolier of bullets strapped to his chest as a second weapon, although it is clearly not shown. This is incredibly unlikely. Still, 600,000 people watched it.
He also appears to have a bullet strapped to his chest as a second weapon, which is clearly not displayed. This is incredibly unlikely. Still, 600,000 people watched it.
AI-generated images become even more improbable the more you see them in person. One image shows Sinwar sitting inside his house with his back to a wall and using a cane as an Apache helicopter hovers suspiciously inside.
An American M1 Abrams tank is also shown crashing through another room. Obviously whoever created this must have asked the AI to create an image with a random tank and helicopter “inside the house.”
That didn’t stop 500,000 people from viewing the image. Another image shows Sinwar, carrying a pistol and wearing a crisp white shirt and military-style vest, wandering through a field of flowers near the Dome of the Rock. There are also images that do not seem to be of Shinwar.
One of them depicts him as if he were in one of the advertisements selling expensive watches, with a black and white character said to be Sinwar at the time.
Another image, a kind of painting, likely generated by AI, depicts Sinwar waiting for death in his house as he is attacked by an IDF tank and a pack of hyenas. It is unclear who typed the “Add hyena” prompt.
Some of the images created to memorialize and lionize Sinwar are also signed, as if they were created by some kind of illustrator. In these cases, it is not clear whether parts of the image were created with the help of AI or whether someone drew the whole thing.
In general, the images often imitate historical covers and comic book drawings and styles, such as the neo-noir Sin City brand, indicating that the content is not entirely original.
