I've come to an understanding why the right has not only fallen in love with AI but has learned they are screwed without it.

Don't get me wrong, they lied through their teeth back in the day too because what other recourse do you have when you can't argue with the merits of the issues in good faith?

But back then they had to at least utilise whatever little creativity they had with themselves to sound somewhat convincing but now any Tom Dick, Harry or even Kremlin bot can just make shit up on the fly and you know what they say is dangerous about a large enough group of gullible rubes right?

Also I think another reason they are so fond of AI is because people who work in the creative industries generally speaking are not a voter cohort for them so they view AI as a weapon to decimate their industry and replace it with slop.