South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette appears distressed in a gloomy room as she undergoes a polygraph test that ends with the lie detector catching fire. Although the video clarifies that the “dramatizations” in this political ad are generated with artificial intelligence, some voters still asked her whether what they saw was real, Evette told Noticias Telemundo.

At first, Evette said she thought, “This is ridiculous, right? Like, nobody could possibly believe this?” Later, as she traveled the state during her campaign to become the Republican gubernatorial nominee — a race she lost in June to Attorney General Alan Wilson — she said she encountered voters who were confused about the video’s veracity.

“On the campaign trail, I would have people ask me, like, ‘Oh my gosh, did they really make you take a lie-detector test?’” Evette said.…