
YouTuber Leonard released an ancient-style AI skit that alluded to Xi Jinping and many pro-communist internet celebrities, triggering viral posts and discussions among netizens.
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China has used AI to generate a large number of short videos in recent years, and some of the content has been accused of being used to promote the CCP’s ideology. This film uses satirical techniques to place political figures into ancient-style short plays.
Today, an ancient style AI short drama called "The Court Painter" suddenly went viral on the entire Internet.
In recent years, China has used artificial intelligence (AI) to generate a large number of long-form dramas, short videos, or micro-short dramas, leading people at home and abroad to indulge in "AI-based films". At the same time, it also uses videos to secretly convey a lot of foreign propaganda praising the Chinese Communist Party government, Wolf Warrior ideology, etc., to control public opinion and ideology towards China. YouTube, one of the hardest-hit areas for "AI dry films", today (25th) suddenly appeared an AI short drama with a plot that severely trampled the CCP's red line, triggering heated discussions across the Internet.
"Leonard", a millionaire Youtuber who is famous for his current affairs commentary and political satire style, released an ancient style AI short drama called "The Court Painter" this afternoon. The content tells the story of a Chinese empress who indulges in flirting with her new favorite face painter all day long, even disregarding the safety of the country and having sex every night, causing dissatisfaction with her old lovers, the chef, generals, ministers and eunuchs. Leonar also teased the title of the film, saying that it is not just someone who can recognize the prototypes of all the characters in the play.
Many eagle-eyed netizens recognized that the "Queen" is the gender-transformed version of Chinese President Xi Jinping; the "Painter" is Wang Zhian, a former reporter for China Central Television and Internet celebrity; the old lover "Royal Chef" is Zhang Weiwei, the "National Preceptor of Xi Jinping" and the dean of the China Institute of Fudan University in Shanghai, China; the "General" is Li Yi, a well-known martial arts scholar and "National Preceptor of the Communist Party of China"; the "Eunuch" is Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Chinese Communist Party's official media; and the "Minister" is Sima Nan, a Chinese anti-American Internet celebrity.
Less than half a day after the video was released, it attracted more than 200,000 views. It also made many netizens who like to watch "AI movies" wailing without thinking. After watching half of the video, they were shocked to realize that they were "cheated", "Shen Yun is 87% similar", "It's really..." "Eye-stinging", "Short plays also include horror movies", "I have used the Internet too much today", "It's over, I think His Majesty is still charming", "I am willing to buy more expensive memory and graphics cards for such AI works".
Other netizens laughed and said, "Your Majesty Xi Jingping", "Eunuch Hu made me laugh to death", "Mingze might really look like this", "This is the correct use of AI", "This is crazier than the Mad Emperor series", "It's a pity that Jin Canrong is not there", "It turns out to be the queen Wei Ni", " After the Bao Queen transformed, she looked a bit like Jing Tian who had put on weight." "Isn't this the current Hong Xi Queen "Bao Zi Jinping" who combines arms and bioterrorism?"

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