It has become common fare in United States political campaigns: advertisements that make sweeping claims of dystopia if the opposing candidate wins. Manipulated, underexposed images and cherry-picked headlines combine to build a crescendo of doom. But in the wake of Tuesday's announcement that Democratic President Joe Biden will run for reelection, an official Republican Party video has stood out for one specific reason: It was generated completely using artificial intelligence (AI) images. The Republican National Committee's embrace of the "transformative technology of our time" is not surprising given the rapid advancement and availability of AI products, said Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. The Republican Party's use of AI is an early sign of what is likely to come, he told Al Jazeera.