Live data from Hacker News

Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

404media.co

1–10 of 320 posts

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#2
While this may be a particularly dangerous way of thinking[1], it might be good that everything on the internet is becoming obviously fake, AI-generated junk.

So that peoples attitude toward things that are real or borderline but are manipulated by bad actors, whatever their motivations may be, also lose some of their influence over the public.

And (hopefully) the public becomes more skeptical about everything on the internet.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerationism

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#4
It is the same people that exercise no discernment when sharing fake news that share these obviously fake AI images. I’ve been seeing it for most of this year and it is concerning that people can’t spot obvious fakes at current AI tech levels.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#5
The financial incentives encourage this. All FB cares about is the monthly and daily active users don't dip, and they get more ad impressions. They don't care if the content is fake, so long as it gets eyeballs on the page or in the app.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#6
This was one of the most obvious outcomes anyone could have and should have predicted. Even when people know an image is fake, it still seems to be able to sway them. The effect we've seen over the past few years is simply likely to become worse: more polarization, more extremism, more inter-group hostility, and more BS online.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#7
post #2

While this may be a particularly dangerous way of thinking[1], it might be good that everything on the internet is becoming obviously fake, AI-generated junk. So that peoples attitude toward things that are real or borderline but are manipulated by bad actors, whatever their motivations may be, also lose some of their influence over the public. And (hopefully) the public becomes more skeptical about everything on the…

Sure, but the flip-side is that the truth becomes harder to ferret out as well.

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#9

The financial incentives encourage this. All FB cares about is the monthly and daily active users don't dip, and they get more ad impressions. They don't care if the content is fake, so long as it gets eyeballs on the page or in the app.

Similarly T-Mobile doesn't give a shit if I send my friends and family text messages full of lies

Re: Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real

#10
post #2

While this may be a particularly dangerous way of thinking[1], it might be good that everything on the internet is becoming obviously fake, AI-generated junk. So that peoples attitude toward things that are real or borderline but are manipulated by bad actors, whatever their motivations may be, also lose some of their influence over the public. And (hopefully) the public becomes more skeptical about everything on the…

Sure, but the flip-side is that the truth becomes harder to ferret out as well.

[deleted]
Post reply on HN