A deepfake video of Queensland Premier Steven Miles dancing may seem amusing but he warns it is a dangerous turning point for democracy.

The Liberal-National Party in Queensland has posted the video on the social media platform TikTok, showing Miles grooving to a popular 2000s song.

“POV: my rent is up $60 a week, my power bill is up 20 per cent, but the premier made a sandwich on TikTok,” it is captioned.

But the video is Miles dancing; it has been created using generative artificial intelligence (AI) – technology that can create convincing photos or videos of a person or event from scratch.

The video is labelled with a disclaimer that it was created with AI. Since it was posted last week, it has had nearly 30,000 views.

On Tuesday Miles said the video seemed harmless but it represented a “turning point for democracy”.

“Until now, we’ve known that photos could be doctored or photoshopped but we’ve been trained to believe what we see in video,” he said.

“For a political party now to be willing to use AI to make deepfake attack videos, it’s a very dangerous turning point.”

Miles said all Queenslanders should keep their eyes open for deepfake videos.

“Queenslanders between now and [the state election in] October will have to question everything that they see from the LNP and ask whether it is real or a deepfake,” he said.

He guaranteed Queensland Labor had no plans to use deepfake videos for electoral advertising.

The LNP’s Queensland branch defended the post, saying it was clearly labelled as AI.

“Young Queenslanders have been hit with higher rents and increased power prices under Labor, and this post – which is clearly labelled as being created with AI – is an example of one way we can share that message,” a spokesperson said.

Miles argued most people would miss the disclaimer when scrolling.

The LNP spokesperson said Labor had also uploaded AI-generated videos to social media.

“Steven Miles knows AI is a tool commonly used by many creators on this platform and knows his own party has used it,” the spokesperson said.

The use of AI during elections has raised questions of integrity globally amid fears it will publicise misinformation.

In a submission to an inquiry into the technology earlier this year, the Australian Electoral Commission said it was focused on the impacts of generative AI on “electoral integrity and citizen trust”.

“The AEC is doing what we can to continue to monitor developments with this new and emerging threat,” it said.

-AAP