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Re: Decoy Font

#62

Post by BugsJustFindMe »

Everyone trying so hard to do something "useful" that they don't recognize when all they've done is make art.

Had this been described as a font that contains two overlapping messages for fun effect, everyone would understand and love it.

Instead, we get this zero-introspection take: "Decoy font is...more difficult for AI to read. If you’re having a hard time seeing the hidden message..."

It's difficult to read period and has zero effect on current SOTA or future AI. But it does show two overlapping messages that can be read in different ways.

Re: Decoy Font

#64

Post by goodmythical »

jonplackett wrote: post #52
OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #9

Is it useful? No. Does it stop AI from reading it? Also no. But is it cool? Yes, it is very cool.

I just gave the day dream / pay bills image to ChatGPT and Gemini pro and they both could only tell me the pay bills text (shown with the thin lines)

Gemini flash responds to "can you read both messages here?" with:

Yes, this is a clever optical illusion! Depending on which layers your eyes focus on, you can read two entirely different messages in this image:

    Message 1 (The sharp outline layer):

        PAY BILLS

        How to see it: Focus on the sharp, concentric black outline contours of the letters.

    Message 2 (The soft, blurry shadow layer):

        DAY DREAMS

        How to see it: Let your eyes relax/defocus slightly, or step back from the screen to focus on the soft, heavy grey drop shadows. The blurred shadows transform the "P" into a D, the "B" into a D, the "I" into an R, the "L"s into an M, and the "S" is shared!

Re: Decoy Font

#65

Post by goodmythical »

inigyou wrote: post #26
OsrsNeedsf2P wrote: post #9

Is it useful? No. Does it stop AI from reading it? Also no. But is it cool? Yes, it is very cool.

The demonstration shows that it does stop AI

The demonstration might, and it may work for certain models with certain prompts, but I just asked gemini if it could see both and it both did see both and gave me a tutorial on how I could see both as if it were a simple magic eye poster.

Re: Decoy Font

#67

Post by goodmythical »

xg15 wrote: post #45

I like how, if you hold the phone at a distance, but not as far as intended by the font, your brain sort of mixes letters from both messages. I was at some point reading SAPPY ROMAN, HARPY ROBAN etc. Also, viewing the "hidden message" works even better if you hold the screen at an angle, tilted away from you.

Also works if you scale/zoom the image. The crisp lines disappear entirely at a certain point.

Re: Decoy Font

#69

Post by jambalaya8 »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #62

Everyone trying so hard to do something "useful" that they don't recognize when all they've done is make art. Had this been described as a font that contains two overlapping messages for fun effect, everyone would understand and love it. Instead, we get this zero-introspection take: "Decoy font is...more difficult for AI to read. If you’re having a hard time seeing the hidden message..." It's difficult to read period…

I see uses for it that have nothing to do with AI, and which are not at all art.
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