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South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by darkwater »

sigmoid10 wrote: post #19

Title should be "Man arrested for deceptive and antisocial behavior". The only reason you are seeing this right now is because it has AI in the title.

Yes, and at the same time we should ask the question: would the intersection between "people who think this is a funny thing to do" and "people with the technical capabilities to actually generate something that misleads police" [1] return a value > 0 before GenAI?

[1] waiting for some example where fool policemen where outsmarted with simple tricks /s

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by chrisweekly »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #23
christoff12 wrote: post #16

I'm a little surprised zoo animals aren't chipped with some kind of beacon locator for incidents such as these.

What sort of size do you think that would be?

size of chip? they're tiny. dog owners typically have the vet "chip" their pet as a puppy. full-grown dog doesn't need a bigger chip.

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by keybored »

cwillu wrote: post #22
catcowcostume wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do we flag racism on HN?

You click the flag button, the same as any other objectionable/antisocial comment.

It’s not straightforward for comments. The flag button does not appear on comments when you are viewing the thread.

- Click on the timestamp for the comment which will take you to the comment page

- Then you can click the flag button

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by jannes »

chrisweekly wrote: post #32
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What sort of size do you think that would be?

size of chip? they're tiny. dog owners typically have the vet "chip" their pet as a puppy. full-grown dog doesn't need a bigger chip.

Those chips cannot track a dog's location

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by codebje »

chrisweekly wrote: post #32
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What sort of size do you think that would be?

size of chip? they're tiny. dog owners typically have the vet "chip" their pet as a puppy. full-grown dog doesn't need a bigger chip.

Those chips need to be scanned from about 3cm away. If you want a locator tag, it needs to carry enough power to broadcast a signal a useful distance. Still, a microchip is handy if you're not sure if it's your tiger you found.

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by msh »

stingraycharles wrote: post #34

South Korea has some very specific (and unusually harsh) laws around deepfakes. I was under the impression that it was only about impersonating people, but apparently it’s broader.

I think many places, even without specific deepfake laws, would prosecute someone who used a fake image to mislead the police.

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by raincole »

sigmoid10 wrote: post #19

Title should be "Man arrested for deceptive and antisocial behavior". The only reason you are seeing this right now is because it has AI in the title.

Except the actual title here is clearer. Your suggestion is so anti-AI-clickbait that it overflew and became a bad title again.

If Tesla (insert any car manufacturer you hate) ran over a kid I'd like to see the title say it, instead of "Tesla fined for violating traffic laws."

Re: South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf

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Post by Razengan »

_fw wrote: post #10

Are you trying to tell me, in this the year of our lord 2026, somebody has been (rightfully or wrongfully) arrested for literally ‘crying wolf’? There’s something hilariously poetic about a ~2,500 year old fable being relevant today, because of AI.

> somebody has been (rightfully or wrongfully) arrested for literally ‘crying wolf’?

Willfully diverting limited public service resources, that might potentially be assigned to saving someone's life or health?

Practically a social DoS

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