This is the problem with AI, and it's only going to get worse
Nov 23, 2023 12:10:29 #
It's only going to get worse as the technology gets better. Truth is getting obliterated in imagery much as it already has in politics. Digital authentication schemes are being developed and implemented, but there's little doubt that fakery will stay ahead of the truth. It always has and likely always will.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/23/stock-photos-ai-images-controversy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/23/stock-photos-ai-images-controversy/
Nov 23, 2023 12:21:57 #
Definitely a wake up call - thanks for sharing
Nov 23, 2023 12:40:31 #
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Nov 23, 2023 12:44:19 #
I live in a retirement community. We have a monthly magazine style newsletter. The printer/editor has trouble getting residents to submit interesting cover shots. I'm tempted to submit some 'stunning' fakes just to see if any of my 1100 old neighbors catch me.
Nov 23, 2023 13:04:52 #
NickGee
Loc: Pacific Northwest
Just Fred wrote:
I don't have a subscription, so I can't read the article.
Try this one
https://wapo.st/3SXKqHh
Nov 23, 2023 13:19:01 #
Nigel7
Loc: Worcestershire. UK.
Gosh. I just viewed the link from the UK and I certainly don't have an account!
Nov 23, 2023 13:35:20 #
Nov 23, 2023 13:35:42 #
Nigel7 wrote:
Gosh. I just viewed the link from the UK and I certainly don't have an account!
Nov 23, 2023 14:26:04 #
CrazyJane wrote:
It's only going to get worse as the technology gets better. Truth is getting obliterated in imagery much as it already has in politics. Digital authentication schemes are being developed and implemented, but there's little doubt that fakery will stay ahead of the truth. It always has and likely always will.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/23/stock-photos-ai-images-controversy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/23/stock-photos-ai-images-controversy/
Wow. Seems I recall seeing the one of the little girl looking over the ruined city. I guess it is good the only ones I am concerned about are my own. Remember the "old days" of hearing "pictures don't lie!" Guess not so much. ;o)
Nov 23, 2023 15:11:34 #
They have been lying to us for ever. No way to tell fact from fiction in writing. Do you believe what a stranger tells you? How about a television documentary? If you view pictures, especially still shots, with the same skeptical attitude you should treat anything you didn't witness in person then you are no worse off than you were before AI.
Just as an aside: There are several people on this site who could recreate most of those pictures. I would take longer than using AI but would be just as effective.
Just as an aside: There are several people on this site who could recreate most of those pictures. I would take longer than using AI but would be just as effective.
Nov 23, 2023 17:39:43 #
Since we have never been able to trust photographs to be "true" maybe it's better now that everyone realizes that.
Nov 23, 2023 18:18:43 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
i They /i have been lying to us for ever. No way... (show quote)
You can usually tell fact from fiction if you work at it.
Nov 23, 2023 19:16:07 #
NickGee
Loc: Pacific Northwest
srt101fan wrote:
You can usually tell fact from fiction if you work at it.
Agreed. Utter distrust and generalized paranoia not warranted. It really only takes consulting a handful of sources to suss out the veracity of the message. Less so for the image, of course, except the ridiculous ones like those that you see on the Hog.
Nov 23, 2023 19:26:50 #
srt101fan wrote:
You can usually tell fact from fiction if you work at it.
Only if you have a source that is "true". How do you determine true? By how closely it agrees with your beliefs.
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