Real footage from a Barack Obama address was cleverly manipulated by Jordan Peele.

Jordan Peele Uses Machine Learning Tools to Make a Fake Obama Warn Us

Real footage from a Barack Obama address was cleverly manipulated by “Get Out” writer/director Jordan Peele to make it appear that the former president is giving us some much-needed words of wisdom in these Trumpian times.

In the fake PSA released Tuesday (April 17) from Peele and BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti, Obama appears to be giving a video address much like the ones during his presidency.

“We’re entering an era in which our enemies can make it look like anyone is saying anything at any point in time — even if they would never say those things,” Obama “says,” with the assistance of technical wizardry.

“So, for instance, they could have me say things like, I don’t know, [Black Panther’s] Killmonger was right. Or, Ben Carson is in the sunken place. Or, how ’bout this: Simply, President Trump is a total and complete dipsh*t.”

Peele is eventually revealed as the voice we hear as Obama. Digital manipulation was used to make it look like Obama was talking, underscoring the video’s message that folks should be careful about trusting the information they find online.

That message ends with Obama/Peele saying, “Stay woke, bitches.”

It’s Your World.

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